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The Wisdom of the Sands; Translated by Stuart Gilbert from the French Citadelle
by Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. 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.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12524
- Title
- The Wisdom of the Sands; Translated by Stuart Gilbert from the French Citadelle
- Author
- Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Wisdom of the Sands by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Saint-Exupery Flight to Arras, Flight to Arras first edition, Flight to Arras signed, The Little Prince, French Air Force, Le Petit Prince, The little prince first edition, signed limited edition little prince, Night Flight
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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