Paperback The item is fairly worn but still readable. Signs of wear include

Paperback The item is fairly worn but still readable. Signs of wear include aesthetic issues such as scratches, worn covers, damaged binding. The item may have identifying markings on it or show other signs of previous use. May have page creases, creased spine, bent cover or markings inside. Packed with care, shipped promptly.

All pages clean. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare;

All pages clean. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Aviation. ISBN: 0156037335. ISBN/EAN: 9780156037334. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560722100.

5 1/2" x 8" 437 Pages. Previous owner's name and phone number on the front

5 1/2" x 8" 437 Pages. Previous owner's name and phone number on the front endpaper. About a half-dozen pages an instance of marginal marks or underlining. Slightly concave spine and very light wear to front cover. Interior text pages are clean and white. Three classic adventure stories, reminders of both the romance and the reality of the pioneer era of aviation: Night Flight; Wind, Sand and Stars; and Flight to Arras with Introduction by Richard Bach. In a time when space shuttle flights are routine, it is difficult to remember that less than fifty years ago aviation was still in its pioneer era. Fortunately the works of Antoine de Saint-Exupery survive to remind us of both the romance and reality of that era. Best known to the present generation as the author of the famous Little Prince, Saint-Exupery was also a pioneer aviator. In 1944 he flew his plane over the Mediterranean on a WW II reconnaissance mission from which he never returned. There was much speculation about his disappearance until 2000 when a scuba diver exploring the Mediterranean discovered wreckage that was raised and identified as the author's plane. The works collected here comprise a classic volume of aviation literature. Night Flight, his fictional account of the early South American-European mail service is perhaps the best exposition of the right stuff ever written, while his memoir of air service to North Africa, Wind Sand and Stars captures the grandeur, danger and isolation of flight as no other has. His final memoir, Flight to Arras, written during the collapse of France before the Luftwaffe, portrays the extraordinary valor of French fliers in the face of certain defeat as well as the futility and stupidity of war. With a new introduction by Richard Bach, this edition presents Antoine de Saint-Exupery to a new generation of readers. Saint-Exupery writes with grace and beauty surely: he blends adventure with reflection in a way few writers have. His books are plays of light around a person who cared most of all for the community of humankind, who loved most of all to be part of that community, fashioning its destiny on our little planet.