SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR (LT) MAUDE SQUIRE RUFUS AND HER COMPANION (LT) H. WETHERILL on the front free endpaper. A tight, very solid copy to boot of the 1942 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright giult-titling along the front panel and spine. Just a tiny hint of fraying along the spine crown, otherwise very sharp. And internally clean as could be, with no writing (other than the 2 signatures) or markings of any kind. Octavo, 10 full-page illustrations throughout complementing the text.