For aviation fans! "Wind, Sand and Stars," hardcover by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Collectible hardcover by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French World War II aviator and author of the bestselling children's book of all time, "The Little Prince. With beautiful foreword by Anne Morrow Lindbergh and color illustrations by John O'H. Cosgrave, II. Of great interest to pilots and flight enthusiasts. This thrilling work of nonfiction portrays Saint-Exupery's role as a pilot assigned to establish an air mail route in South America. For this book he received the Grand Prix of the French Academy in 1939. He perished in 1942 on a reconnaissance flight over Southern France. Reynal and Hitchcock 1940. Pages are yellowed, bookplate on flyleaf. No marks on pages. Woven cloth binding, no dust jacket.