Description: FLIGHT TO ARRASAntoine de Saint-ExuperyTranslated by Lewis GalantiereIllustrated by Bernard LamottePublished by Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. 1943 copyright with no additional printing shown, $2.75 price present at the bottom of dj. Very good hardcover, in very good dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, very good cover, strong hinges & joints, sharp corners, clean unmarked text, slight spine canter. Illustrated, dyed top edge, illustrated endpapers. Spine of dustjacket is lightly sunned, in archival mylar wrapper. 8vo, 255 pages. The World War II aviator and author of The Little Prince tells his true story of flying a reconnaissance plane during the Battle of France in 1940.When the Germans first invaded France in May of 1940, the French Air Force had a mere fifty reconnaissance crews, twenty-three of which served in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Group II/33. After only a few days, seventeen of the crews in Saint-Exupéry’s unit had already perished. Flight to Arras is the harrowing story of a single mission over the French town of Arras, an endeavor Saint-Exupéry realized the futility of even as he witnessed it unfolding. Filled with tension, emotion, philosophy, and historical detail, and penned by a master storyteller, this extraordinary memoir serves as a record of a little-known chapter of the Second World War, and an unforgettable portrait of the brave souls who fought despite desperate odds. Loc: E15StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackAntoine de Saint-Exupery FLIGHT TO ARRAS 1st Edition 1942 WWII MEMOIR AIR FORCE FLIGHT TO ARRASAntoine de Saint-ExuperyTranslated by Lewis GalantiereIllustrated by Bernard LamottePublished by Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. 1943 copyright with no additional printing shown, $2.75 price present at the bottom of dj. Very good hardcover, in very good dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, very good cover, strong hinges & joints, sharp corners, clean unmarked text, slight spine canter. Illustrated, dyed top edge, illustrated endpapers. Spine of dustjacket is lightly sunned, in archival mylar wrapper. 8vo, 255 pages. The World War II aviator and author of The Little Prince tells his true story of flying a reconnaissance plane during the Battle of France in 1940.When the Germans first invaded France in May of 1940, the French Air Force had a mere fifty reconnaissance crews, twenty-three of which served in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Group II/33. After only a few days, seventeen of the crews in Saint-Exupéry’s unit had already perished. Flight to Arras is the harrowing story of a single mission over the French town of Arras, an endeavor Saint-Exupéry realized the futility of even as he witnessed it unfolding. Filled with tension, emotion, philosophy, and historical detail, and penned by a master storyteller, this extraordinary memoir serves as a record of a little-known chapter of the Second World War, and an unforgettable portrait of the brave souls who fought despite desperate odds. Loc: E15
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Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Book Title: FLIGHT TO ARRAS
Language: English
Topic: Memoir, Military History, Modern History, War, Warfare, World History, World War II, AVIATION, BIOGRAPHY, FRENCH AIR FORCE
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Reynal & Hitchcock
Genre: Action, Antiquarian & Collectible, Biographies & True Stories, Historical, History, War & Combat, World literature & Classics, Autobiography, Biography, Memoir
Book Series: NONE
Publication Year: 1942
Original Language: English
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Type: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Signed: No
Intended Audience: Adults, Young Adults
Vintage: Yes
Inscribed: No
Ex Libris: No
Personalized: No
Personalize: No
Signed By: N/A
Era: 1940s
Number of Pages: 255
