Airman's Odyssey
by Saint-Exupery, Antoine De
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1942. This omnibus collects three of Saint-Exupery's great works: "Wind, Sand and Stars," "Night Flight," and "Flight to Arras." This is a Fine copy. Dark blue cloth binding, with titling on the spine in gilt. Clean text; 437 pages. The dustjacket is Very Good. It is price-clipped and shows some edgewear, mainly with chips to the head and foot of the spine. Some fading, mostly to the spine. In an archival plastic protector. [Note: due to a computer crash, this book may also appear as #001103.]. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Three classic adventure stories, reminders of both the romance and the reality of the pioneer era of aviation: Night Flight; Wind, Sand and Stars; and Flight to Arras. Introduction by Richard Bach. Translated by Lewis Galantière and Stuart Gilbert.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006187
- Title
- Airman's Odyssey
- Author
- Saint-Exupery, Antoine De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Gilt
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