$7,800
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de (1900-1944) The Little Prince . New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1943] Limited edition, first edition in English, signed by the author, copy number 298 of 500, translated by Katherine Woods, in publisher's peach-colored cloth binding, stamped in red, and the original dust jacket, price-clipped, torn with loss at the head of the spine and a larger section torn with loss on the back cover, other wear and minor tears, edge wear, spine sun-faded, early ownership inscription on ffep, ticket of Des Forges, Books de Luxe of Milwaukee, pasted inside the back board, 8 3/4 x 7 in. Saint-Exupery disappeared while flying a reconnaissance mission on German troop movements on July 31, 1944.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01
