Wind, Sand and Stars

The original-language French first is 'Terre des hommes,' Éditions Gallimard, Paris, February 1939 (Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française). The English 'Wind, Sand and Stars' (Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, June 1939) is NOT a straight translation: Saint-Exupéry cut passages and added new material written for the American audience, so the French and English are two substantially different texts — both are collected. Within the US edition, the signed 500-copy limited issue is the earliest state, ahead of the trade.