Dutton, NY, 1949, VG hardcover without dust jacket, first edition stated, book has very light wear but some discoloration to  spine and white portion of boards, prior owner stamp inside cover."Here she was, in a beautiful little village in the Bavarian Alps, with a handsome young American lieutenant paying her flattering attention...dancing, skiing, skating the days away...and yet something kept Tippy Parrish from being truly happy. "(Google) "In this book Tippy Parrish is off to Germany with her parents. It is very hard to leave the family at home because Davey is recuperating from polio. At first Tippy is miserable in Germany but then she begins seeing Ken, who she is falling in love with. And there there is Peter Jordan, her old boyfriend at home. In this charming story, we watch Tippy grow up, fall in love, and then face a separation from Ken as her father returns home to retire from the Army, and Ken is ordered to Korea."( Nancy Marcus)