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First British edition, first impression. Saint-Exupéry's second novel, based on his experiences as a pilot for, and director of, the French air-mail company Aeropostale in Argentina. First published in French in 1931 as Vol de Nuit, it became an international best-seller, and won the 1931 Prix Femina, establishing Saint-Exupéry's literary reputation. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, spine lettered in silver with a star blocked in the corner of each panel, raised bands, single rule to boards silver, twin rule to turn-ins silver, mid-blue endpapers, silver edges. Contemporary ownership inscription and light foxing to half-title, otherwise a fine copy. .

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.