SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine de.

Terre des Hommes.

Paris: Gallimard , 1939.

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Terre des Hommes; Lengthily Inscribed by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Early printing of this classic memoir, translated from the French as Wind, Sand and Stars. It went on to win the Grand Prix of the Académie Française. It 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. Octavo, bound in contemporary cloth. Lengthily inscribed by Antoine de Saint-Exupery on the half-title page, "Pour Madame Stokes, en souvenir d'une epoque recuse ou la Terr des Hommes etait en pix et en respectueux hommages Antoine de Saint- Exupery."

Terre des hommes is a memoir by the French aristocrat aviator-writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and a winner of several literary awards. It deals with themes such as friendship, death, heroism, and solidarity among colleagues, and illustrates the author's opinions of what makes life worth living. It was first published in France in February 1939, and was then translated by Lewis Galantière and published in English by Reynal and Hitchcock in the United States later the same year