Antoine de Saint-Exupery FLIGHT TO ARRAS 1st Edition 1942 WWII MEMOIR AIR FORCE

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