BIB_ID
193886
Accession number
MA 4717.1
Creator
Saint Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944.
Display Date
[n.d., but before 1942].
Credit line
Gift; Mrs. Henry Darbee; 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.8 cm + envelope
Notes
High reserve.
The gift of MA 4717 (1-5) was accompanied by 5 printed books, including no. 2 of 525 signed copies of the first edition of The Little Prince in English; inscribed galleys of the same edition; the first French edition; the first edition of The Wild Garden; and an inscribed first edition of Wind, Sand and Stars in English.
The gift of MA 4717 (1-5) was accompanied by 5 printed books, including no. 2 of 525 signed copies of the first edition of The Little Prince in English; inscribed galleys of the same edition; the first French edition; the first edition of The Wild Garden; and an inscribed first edition of Wind, Sand and Stars in English.
Provenance
Mrs. Henry Darbee.
Summary
Apologizing extravagantly for missing a dinner engagement, explaining, "J'ai travaillé toutes les nuits. Et puis je suis triste et anxieux de beaucoup de choses...."
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