A nice early English-language printing of this classic children’s story, written and illustrated by French author and pilot Antoine de St. Exupery. The Little Prince remains one of the bestselling books in history and has been translated into hundreds of languages. It was first published in 1943 in New York, almost simultaneously in French and English. This is a 1966 printing in London by Heinemann. Illustrated in colour throughout. Heinemann started publishing the book in England in 1945, two years after it first appeared in the US. Hardback, with the original dust jacket. In very good condition. Some edgewear to jacket, chip to top of spine. Clean inside with no writing. Binding tight and square.