see photosPrevious owners bookplate pasted down but no names written in as picturedNo writing in textNot ex libraryAs pictured an old laid in ticket causing offsetting page 296-297The hardcover has minor shelf wear corners abit rubbed. The book illustrates the author's view of the world and his opinions of what makes life worth living.Decorations in color by John O'Hara Cosgrove1939Reynal and HitchcockOriginal price on back flap of $2.00First American edition306 pagesIllustrated(Later 1939 editions had price of $2.75)ConditionOriginal dustjacket, now in protective Mylar, displays wear as pictured, is in fair condition, with chips and loss on tip and base of spine, and marginal tears along all edges. In 1926, de Saint-Exupery began flying for the pioneering airline Latecoere - later known as Aeropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the. The book's themes deal with friendship, death, heroism, camaraderie and solidarity among colleagues, humanity and the search for meaning in life. He does so by recounting several episodes from his years flying treacherous mail routes across the African Sahara and the South American Andes. Autobiographical account of air travel, captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. by a signed limited edition of 500 copies.In his autobiographical work Saint-Exupéry, an early pioneering aviator, evokes a series of events in his life - principally the period when he was working for the airmail carrier Aéropostale. English translation of 'Terre des hommes'. American Booksellers Association voted Wind, Sand and Stars the best non-fiction work of 1939 while the French version, Terre des hommes, received the Academie Francaise's prize for best novel of the year.

It was first published in France in February 1939, and was then translated by Lewis Galantière and published in English by Reynal and Hitchcock in the United States later the same year.

Wind, Sand and Stars (French title: Terre des hommes) is a memoir by the French aristocrat aviator-writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, (The Little Prince) and a winner of several literary awards.

Wind sand and stars 1939