A Mouse in My Pocket by Everard, Hedley - 1988

Picton, Ontario: Valley Floatplane Services. Hardcover. 0969333404 Signed, without inscription, by author beneath his frontispiece colour portrait. Affixed to dedication page is a handwritten note to prior owner on the letterhead of prominent Canadian aviation author Larry Milberry, who has signed it with his first name. xiv, 408 pages. Maps. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Provides an eagle's view of the battlefield struggles from Normandy to the Rhineland. Author is forced to parachute from his burning Spitfire inside Germany on Christmas day, 1944. Readers join this fighter pilot on active duty for almost four consecutive years in dogfights over Burma, China, India, Africa, Sicily, Italy, and finally Europe. A rich and moving story of the agony and sometimes humorous aspects of War." - dust jacket. Prior owner address labels atop front fixed and free endpapers. Light wear to book. Slight lean to spine. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. . Good. 1988. First Edition.