Authors starting with S from Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1934. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author. A novel of African adventure. ... more information

London: Hutchinson, n.d. (1949). First Edition. Edges a little foxed, about fine in dust jacket. ... more information

London: Hutchinson, n.d. [1936]. First Edition. Slight foxing; a few minor cloth spots; overall fine in a very lightly used dust jacket. ... more information

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1921. First American Edition. Minor staining; a very good copy in a chipped dust jacket. ... more information

London: Hutchinson, n.d. [1940]. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. ... more information

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1945. First American Edition. Fine in a dust jacket with some tiny tears. ... more information

Boston: Evening Gazette Press, 1847. First American Edition of a libretto prepared for its first American performance at the Howard Athenaeum in Boston. Printed yellow paper wrappers; very good. ... more information

Boston: Evening Gazette Press, 1847. First American Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; very good. Built as a meeting hall for the Millerites, a sect eagerly awaiting the end of times, the building suffered through fire and rebuilding, becoming a serious theater and opera house, and finally a famous (or infamous, or notorious) burlesque house known as the “Old Howard.” It was torn down, along with neighboring buildings, inflicting on this town a monstrosity known as Boston City Hall and its soul-less plaz... more information

London: Hogarth Press, 1932. First Edition. Tiny stamp on the front free endpaper; near fine in a dust jacket with minor chips and wear. ... more information

London: Hogarth Press, 1930. First Edition. A little foxing, and binder’s glue stains on the endpapers; near fine in a very good dust jacket with interior tissue strengthening at the folds. ... more information

London: Michael Joseph, 1946. First Edition; trade issue. Fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. ... more information

Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1970. First Edition (published simultaneously in Canada). Near fine in a very good dust jacket with minor wear and a small chip at the top of the front panel. ... more information

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1934. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1941. First Edition. Front hinge cracking; very good in dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1937. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with some tears and interior tape mends. ... more information

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1938. First Edition of this excerpt from Wind, Sand and Stars, which was published several months later. Boards rubbed; very good. ... more information

Saint-Exupery has drawn four male figures, one of which bears a strong resemblance to this preliminary sketches for The Little Prince, on the blank back cover of the Sunday, July 30, 1939 dinner menu of the celebrated French Line ship Normandie. Approximately 10 x 14”; aside from a narrow tape stain along the side edges of the front cover, in excellent condition. This particular crossing remains famous for its record time of 3 days, 23 hours, and 2 minutes. During the passage, the ship was buzzed by Sai... more information

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1942. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Saint-Exupery and illustrator Bernard Lamotte. Top and bottom of spine rubbed, else a near copy in a good to very good publisher’s slipcase, which has some fading and cracking. ... more information

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1942. First Edition. Very good in a creased dust jacket with some chipping. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “Pour Pierre Beddard, A qui la France - nous tout les Francais - doivent tant avec ma fidele et profonde amitie. Antoine de Saint-Exupery.” [To whom France - all of us the French - owe so much. With my deep and profound friendship]. The signed edition of 500 copies is far more common than inscribed copies. ... more information

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1942. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Saint-Exupery and illustrator Bernard Lamotte. An unusually fine copy in a slightly sunned slipcase.Laid in is a publisher’s letter explaining that the limited issue was the first off the press, but was shipped later as they waited for the author to sign copies. ... more information