Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY

Original signed drawing in pencil and pink crayon by Antoine de Saint-Ex­upéry, on “Navarre” watermarked paper. Horizontal fold, annotation in pencil in upper left-hand corner, min­ute tears in lower margin.

Precious drawing signed by Saint-Exupéry – the writer-artist very rarely signed his graphic works – of a caricature character, sharing some of the writer's own features.

First edition printed in 2,000 numbered copies, ours preserved in its original wrappers with Gallimard's resale label.

Fine autograph inscription signed by Jules Roy: "A Jean-Paul Bonnafous ces vieux chants d'un temps de misère, cordialement, Jules Roy."

Rare translation into Berber Tamasheq (spoken mainly by the Tuaregs of Mali) by Abdelkader ben El Hadj Ahmed.
Some of Saint-Exupéry’s original illustrations have been reused, others redrawn.
As often, a trace of vertical crease runs along the red cloth strip used for the binding; otherwise a handsome copy.

Deluxe issue, enhanced by a remarkable original drawing presented to Léon Werth.

First edition under this title with illustrations by Saint-Exupéry, one of 20 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, a deluxe issue. Published just days after the original edition without illustrations, issued by Gallimard (Lettres de jeunesse 1923–1931).

The work features 10 colour illustrations by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, as well as a cover vignette after a drawing by the author.

This copy is further enhanced by an exceptional blue and red pencil drawing by Saint-Exupéry on watermarked paper, inscribed in pencil on the verso: “Given to Léon Werth...

First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on Corsican paper.
A pleasant copy, despite the spine and covers being slightly and marginally toned, as often.

Original drawing in graphite and blue and pink colored pencils signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, on a sheet of watermarked paper "Navarre". Horizontal fold.

One of Saint-Exupéry's quirky characters in a suit and bow tie, spawn from the baroque and overflowing imagination of the Little Prince's author. The writer-aviator-artist very rarely signed his graphic works.




 
 
 

Original drawing with graphite, blue and pink colored pencils signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, on a sheet of watermarked paper “Navarre”. Hor­izontal fold, pencil annotation in the upper left margin, very small loss of paper in the lower right margin.

A remarkable caricature signed by Saint-Exupéry, akin to a cartoon character. The writer-aviator-artist very rarely signed his graphic works.

Original autograph manuscript by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, one page in black ink on a yellow paper sheet, numerous corrections, and rewritings.

Exceptional working manuscript of a passage from the original French version of Wind Sand and Stars [Terre des Hommes] from chapter VI "Dans le désert", a magnificent ode to the barren wilderness of deserts doomed to disappear due to the inevitable development of the industrial age. This section from the original French novel was removed for the English version translated by Galantière and remains unpublished in English. Moreover, the final two paragraphs of the manuscript are unpublished in the original French version...

"In the end, 5 hours of work for example to produce - per man - all that is necessary to man."

Complete unpublished autograph manuscript in French by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. 9 pages on 8 leaves in black ink. Traces of horizontal and vertical folds. A small piece of paper missing in the center of two leaves.

Exceptional unpublished manuscript by Saint-Exupéry, to be compared with his political and economic reflections in Carnets (1989, p. 43). Personally affected by the 1929 crisis, Saint-Exupéry “the self-taught writer” writes passionately about the economy and puts forward reform strategies. The manuscript...

First edition, one of 647 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 5 on Japan paper, 5 on Holland paper and 109 reimposed.

A handsome copy.

New edition bearing a false statement of 128th edition.

Half heather red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, gilt fillet frame on boards of Africanist-patterned paper, almond green paper endpapers and boards, original wrappers preserved, restorations to boards, top edge gilt, binding signed by Boichot.
Autograph inscription signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on the half-title page: "Pour madame Capietto. En souvenir de quelques passages à Alger et, cette fois ci, d'une semaine bien mélancolique. Et avec toute mon amitié.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry." (For Madame Capietto. In memory of some visits to Algiers and, this...

Original autograph manuscript by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, one page written in black ink on a leaf of white paper, several crossings out, corrections and re-writings.

Remarkable working manuscript for one of the most beautiful passages in Wind, Sand and Stars.

Emblematic page of Saint-Exupéry's great humanist and romantic adventure, which celebrates the fortuitous union of beings constrained by the elements and by history. Magnificent example of the writer-aviator's narrative dialogues, mixing his memories of the Spanish war and his rough landings with Henri Guillaumet in the Sahara, pondering the bonds of camaraderie, “this unity that no longer...

First edition of the English translation, published 15 days before the original French edition. One of 525 numbered copies signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the only deluxe paper copies and the very first issue of Saint-Exupéry's allegorical masterpiece, the most translated work after the Bible.
Publisher's binding in full brick-colored cloth, smooth spine, with the first issue dust jacket for the trade edition, at the correct address and with the price unclipped, showing a few discreet restorations.
Printed ex-libris at the head of the first flyleaf.
Illustrated with drawings by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

5 sheets on white glassine watermarked with “Esleeck Fidelity Onion Skin Made in USA,” black pen, foliation handwritten in black pen on the first page (1), subsequent foliation in purple pencil (0428-0432). Rust marks, several folds in the margins.
Several crossed-out sections, additions in the margins, corrections and erasures. Illegible sections.
The Smithsonian Institution (Archives of American Art) preserves the final typescript of Lettre à un otage (Letter to a Hostage), as well as the manuscript proofs that Saint-Exupéry entrusted to the famous expressionist painter Hedda Sterne on 16th April 1943, before leaving for Oran.
A precious handwritten...