[Rarebooks] FS: St. Exupery's LE PETIT PRINCE, #163 of 260 SIGNED First Edition

[Charles Agvent]

SAINT EXUPERY, Antoine de. LE PETIT PRINCE. New York: Reynal & 
Hitchcock, (1943). First Edition. This is copy #163 of only 260 numbered 
copies SIGNED by the author on the tipped-in limitation page. The 
American edition appeared before the French or English editions, and 
this is 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 
edition with the text in French had a limitation of less than half of 
the 525 copies of the English language edition. This special issue of 
one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century is, consequently, 
one of the most desired limited editions and is scarce in the 
marketplace. The dustwrapper on this copy is the original with the 
matching number in ink on the spine. Bookplates neatly removed from the 
front free endpaper and rear pastedown and one ink stamp professionally 
erased on the bottom of the title page. Covers and text are clean and 
bright. Near Fine in a price-clipped, close to Fine dustwrapper. 
(#016790)        $20,000.00

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