The Eye of God by Bemelmans, Ludwig - 1949

New York:: The Viking Press, 1949. Not a scarce book, but uncommon in condition as nice as this. Clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny with only a little rubbing and one tiny spine nick. NOT price clipped (3.00). No chips. No tears. No fading. Protected by a removable Brodart clear plastic sleeve. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. Bound in the original tan cloth, with a moose head/antlers stamped in brown on the front cover. The spine is lettered in bright green and brown. Endpapers illustrated in four colors by the author. Pomerance A10a [in LUDWIG BEMELMANS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY]. From the Dust Jacket: "THE EYE OF GOD is more completely a novel than anything else he has written. Its theme is the love of a father for his son; and the moments that shine most brightly in it are the scenes in his native Tyrol... The coming of the Nazis and the war are passing clouds on this scene; the French occupation, which follows, provides a more congenial atmosphere for these slightly comic-opera matters... It is the happy combination of the touching and the absurd that gives this novel, even more than the others, its special Bemelman's flavor... Bemelman's warmest and fullest novel, shiningly set in his native Tyrol, about some good and honest people -- as well as some gaudy and highly entertaining Bemelmans 'characters.'" . First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Very Good++ dust jacket.. Illus. by Ludwig Bemelmans. 8vo. vi, 312pp..