Signed book: Wind, Sand and Stars. Later printing. NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1939. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 306 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in fountain pen in French, “For Peppy Purdell, This story of a pilot who is strolling on the planet, as a very friendly memory, Antoine de Saint Exupery.” Below, he draws a superb ink and pencil self-portrait sketch, portraying himself as a Little Prince–like caricature atop a planet. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-/VG-. Saint-Exupery first achieved fame as an aviator and in 1939 published this memoir, Wind, Sand and Stars, describing his experiences and explaining his views of the world as someone who has traveled the globe. Given the autobiographical nature and content of this book, Saint-Exupery’s inscription and outstanding drawing are particularly fitting. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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