Books

New York: Century Co, 1932. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in a lovely fine dust jacket very slightly rubbed at the crown. The 1931 Femina Prize Novel. Saint-Exupéry’s first book, a magnificent short novel of the perils of pioneer aviation. Basis for the 1933 MGM film directed by Clarence Brown and featuring Clark Gable, John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Montgomery, and Myrna Loy. A beautiful copy. *Connolly 100*.

Night Flight ("Vol de nuit") is a novel by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, first published in 1931. The novel is about the bravery and solitude of early postal aviators, reflecting the author's own experience as a pioneering pilot.