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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The Little Prince. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1943]. First American trade edition, first printing, in the first issue dust jacket, with the 386 Fourth Avenue address on the front flap and the rear flap blank. Quarto. 93, [1, imprint] pages. Publisher's salmon-colored cloth pictorial stamped in red; original illustrated dust jacket.

Condition: Minor edgewear, corners a touch bumped and rubbed, head and tail pushed. Text block edges lightly toned; bookseller notations to front flyleaf recto and rear pastedown. Faint creases through page 8; otherwise, internally clean and tight. Dust jacket clipped; minor edgewear, somewhat rubbed along top edge, remnant of remainder sticker to spine, edges lightly toned, faint soiling all-over, small closed tears along joints at head. Overall a near fine book in a very good dust jacket.


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Auction Dates
November, 2023
29th-30th Wednesday-Thursday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 14
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Sold on Nov 29, 2023 for: $3,250.00
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