1971 Southern Mail Night Flight translated from the French by Curtis Cate (with acknowledgements to Stuart Gilbert's translations)

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First Edition, Uncommon, With Dustwrapper

A first edition of the English translation of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Bookplate to the front paste down, dated 1972. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards, and is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince and for his lyrical aviation writings. Much of Saint-Exupéry's work was inspired by his experiences as a pilot. Courrier sud, translated as Southern Mail, was his first novel, based on his pioneering flights for the French airmail service. Vol de Nuit, translated as Night Flight, was his second novel and an international bestseller. This novel is set in Argentina at the outset of commercial aviation, and its major theme is that of sacrificing personal considerations for a vital cause, which resonated with audiences of the 1930s and 1940s.