by Sarah Gainham

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1967).

First U.S. edition.

A fine copy in tan cloth; in a near fine, illustrated dust jacket with nicks to the spine and a short tear to the upper rear panel.

Jacket flap price of $6.95.

Jacket llustration by Ben Feder.

The first book in the Night Falls on the City series

"Vienna, 1938. Beautiful actress Julia Homburg and her politician husband Franz Wedeker embody all the enlightened brilliance of their native city. But Wedeker is Jewish, and just across the border the tanks of the Nazi Reich are primed for the Anschluss.

When the SS invades and disappearances become routine, Franz must be concealed. With daring ingenuity, Julia conjures a hiding place. In the shadow of oppression, a clear conscience is a luxury few can afford, and Julia finds she must strike a series of hateful bargains with the new order if she and her husband are to survive."--Fantastic Fiction