THE LONG NIGHT WATCH by Southall, Ivan New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1983). First U.S. edition, first printing. Fine, fresh, as-new, in blue boards with gilt spine titling; in a bright, fine illustrated dust jacket. Southall was the 2003 Dromkeen Medal Winner, and THE LONG NIGHT WATCH received the Phoenix Award from the Children's Literature Association. Fascinating WWI-era tale of a group of 100 Australians--including the five teenaged protagonists--who steam to a deserted island in the South Pacific to survive the Hitler-engineered apocalypse, and wait "to be lifted up to a safe place." PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!