AXE-TIME/SWORD-TIME by Barbara Corcoran Jacket illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak New York: Atheneum, (1976). First edition, first printing. This wonderful historical story, set in the United States as World War Two is just beginning, features a teen who has trouble learning in school, a brother and friend who joined the service, and fears of her father's new German war refugee friend. Wonderful life lessons and a lovely historically set story. Corcoran, a prolific children's author, was an electronics inspector for the Navy and then a cryptanalytic aide for the Army Signal Corps during WWII. Fine in red linen with black embossed titles to the front cover and to the spine, olive-green end-papers; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $6.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 203 pages. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.