THE LITTLE PRINCE

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1943). First Edition. Hardcover. Clean and bright inside and out; owner inscription dated 1943 on front endpaper; minor marks to covers. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Copy #307 of 525 numbered copies SIGNED by the author on the tipped-in limitation page. The American edition appeared before the French or English editions and is essentially the only way to obtain a signed edition of this book as the author was assigned to fly with the French Free Air Force shortly before publication and went missing about a year later while on a mission. This special issue of one of the most beloved books (truncated) of the twentieth century is, consequently, one of the most desired limited editions and does not come often upon the marketplace.

THE LITTLE PRINCE is both the most-read and most-translated book in the French language and was voted the best book of the 20th century in France. (Inventory #: 021920)