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Title: The Little Prince Author: Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de Place: New York Publisher: Reynal & Hitchcock Date: [1943] Description: Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. Illustrated in color by the author. 8¾x7, original cloth with illustration on front cover, color pictorial jacket. Housed in a modern clamshell box. No. 271 of 500 hand-numbered copies. First American Edition. Signed by Saint-Exupéry on the tipped-in limitation page, as issued. Classic children's book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, a fantasy stumbled upon while stranded in the Sahara Desert after a forced landing. First issue jacket with the 386 Fourth Avenue address on the front flap and the rear flap is blank. NOTE: The dust jacket on this copy is the first trade issue, not the limited edition jacket. The jacket for the limited edition should be numbered to match the limitation. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket spine darkened, spine ends lightly chipped, short tear at lower front spine fold, some light edge wear to jacket; small fold to lower corner of a few leaves at rear; else volume near fine in a very good jacket. Item number: 199661