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SAINT-EXUPÉRY (Antoine de). Terre des hommes.
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SAINT-EXUPÉRY (Antoine de). Terre des hommes.
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Lot no. 105
SAINT-EXUPÉRY (Antoine de).
Terre des hommes.
Paris: Gallimard, [1939]. - In-16, 187 x 117 : 218 pp, (3 ff. 2 last blank), printed cover. Paperback.
First edition.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry drew on his life as a pilot and his reports to write his third book, Terre des hommes, published in February 1939. Although considered an autobiographical account rather than a novel, it was awarded the Grand Prix du roman by the Académie française. The book recounts the adventures of the Aéropostale pilots between 1926 and 1935. In particular, the author recalls his early days with the Latécoère company in Toulouse, and his role in transporting mail between Toulouse and Dakar. He tackles profound themes such as death, friendship and the search for meaning. The original title, Étoile par grand vent, was changed to Terre des hommes at the suggestion of his cousin André de Fonscolombe. The book was also published in the United States in June 1939, under the title Wind, Sand and Stars.
One of 130 copies on vellum pur fil from papeteries Lafuma Navarre, this one bearing the number 60, enriched with this autograph letter signed by the author on the false title:
Pour le docteur Siroux // En très sympathique hommage // Antoine de Saint Exupéry
A good copy despite the partially detached spine.
Provenance: Docteur Siroux, with a letter from the author.
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