Boston: Little, Brown, 1960. Inscribed by Author; Blue boards. Small soft bruises to outer corners, soft ripple near centre of front free endpaper, very nearly fine otherwise. Price-clipped jacket a bit tanned to spine, minor rubbing, a few short tears, else VG, still attractive. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "For ____ , best wishes, Peter Ustinov". First novel of the famous actor, playwright, author. The UK edition was in 1961. The novel is about a young Nazi soldier whose heart begins to unfreeze when he is transferred to Italy; Octavo; Signed by Author