THE LITTLE PRINCE. FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. [50th Anniversary Edition.]

Saint-Exupery, Antoine de [Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupery], 1900-1944. Katherine Woods, 1886-1968 (translator). Charles E. Pierce, Jr. (Introduction).

ISBN 10: 0152438203 / ISBN 13: 9780152438203

Published by San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993., 1993

Publisher's two-part box, H 27cm x L 21.75cm; some rubbing to panels with touch of soiling to white bottom box; slender horizontal indentation along top box's lower margin. Harcourt's promotional sheet for Fiftieth Anniversary Edition laid-in at bottom of box. i-x, [25 plates], 1-98 pages. No dust jacket as issued. Hardcover: H 26cm x L 21cm. Dark blue cloth with bright white and gilt stamping to front board and spine. Gilt top edge. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A fine copy in a very good+ box. ISBN 0152438203. Seller Inventory # CVA-00291

Synopsis:

A deluxe fiftieth anniversary commemorative edition of the classic fantasy about a young prince and a pilot who meet in the Sahara includes twenty never-before-published illustrations, a sample of the original manuscript, and other features.

Review: You could be excused for thinking that this book is one containing a simple story for young children about a Little Prince. How wrong you would be! This is far from the truth: it is much more. It is a complex story containing lots of ambiguities about a child with golden hair. These are all eruditely discussed before the actual story begins, in a section entitled "How It All Began". "Is The Little Prince a story written for children or is it a meditation intended for adults?"

The Art of Living is discussed, along with a system of values, and the train of thought behind them is the unifying element. You are invited to "look at the book, and allow yourself to travel from one image to the next... " It was written and published more than 50 years ago in the USA, and the author was a Frenchman who illustrated the book himself; it was later translated by Kathryn Woods. The Little Prince is still very popular and has now been translated into many languages. Shortly after it was first written, the author died--disappearing together with his plane somewhere over the Mediterranean. This Gift edition contains all the original illustrations, plus some more original drawings that came to light later and have been published here for the first time.--Susan Naylor

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE LITTLE PRINCE. FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY ...
Publisher: San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993.
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover