Description
First edition of The Wisdom of the Sands by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Octavo, xii, 350pp. Red cloth, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, light rubbing to corners, newspaper transference to front endpapers, a few small annotations in pencil, a near fine example. In publisher’s dust jacket, $4.00 retail price on front flap, a touch of chipping to spine, light shelf wear, a near fine example.
While best remembered for his classic novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince), Saint-Exupéry was also an aviator and member of the French Air Force.
