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WIND, SAND AND STARS
by Saint-Exupery, Antoine De
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Reynal & Hitchcock. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1939. First Trade Edition; Eighth Printing. Hardcover. ; Half black cloth cover with blue patterned boards has modest wear to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name on half title page. There are a few very sparse, faint pencil underlines and brackets on a few pages otherwise pages are clean and in very good condition. Dust jacket is wo. Rnand very lightly tattered at extremities but clean, bright, and in good+ condition. Publisher's price of $2.75 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 8.5 X 6.0 X 1.6 inches; 306 pages .
Synopsis
Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Académie Française, Wind, Sand and Stars captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure, combined with lyrical prose and the spirit of a philosopher, makes it one of the most popular works ever written about flying. Translated by Lewis Galantière.
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- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9084
- Title
- WIND, SAND AND STARS
- Author
- Saint-Exupery, Antoine De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Trade Edition; Eighth Printing
- Publisher
- Reynal & Hitchcock
- Date Published
- 1939
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Livonia, Michigan
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Half Title
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