"As new except for faintest of age soil to top edge. Inscription signed by author dated December 17, 1972. DJ as new except for faint wear and light age soil to top edge. ""novel of survival in the Balkans in WWII…One of the American ambulance planes…(which) delivered supplies...and brought out the wounded...(is) shot down by the Germans..."" The author served in WWII Yugoslavia and the person to whom it is inscribed is a Dr. "