A FLIGHT OF FALCONS
By Francoise d' Eaubonne New York/London/Toronto: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., (1951). First edition in English. Translated by Naomi Walford from the French COMME UN VOL DE GERFAUTS. A superb, fresh, fine copy in terra cotta cloth with silver spine lettering; in a bright, very nearly fine illustrated dust jacket with just a hint of wear at the edges. Jacket painting by Paul Galdone. Historical adventure set in the late 16th and early 17th centuries and centered on four friends, an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Dutch artist, and a devout Jew, all sailors aboard the British ship King of Siam. Grand Prix des Lecteurs Gris prize winner. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA
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