The Little Prince(RH)

The Little Prince

The Fist Edition in the World

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The Little Prince was first published by Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc. on 6th April, 1943.
Le Petit Prince was published by the same publishers a little bit later.

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The Little Prince ; Reyanl & Hitchcock, Inc.
The first printing of the fist edition. The price was $2.00.-.


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The printing number
Except the first and the last printings, the printing numbers (in the red ellipse on the above image) were pressed at the bottom of the backside of the title page. This example is the 2nd printing.


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The Little Prince ; 1st to 6th and 7th(?, no printing number, no colophon) printings.


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Color difference of the covers
2nd printing
Curiously there exist some different color of the cover boards. These examples are 2nd printing.


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Color difference of the covers
3rd printing
These examples are 3rd printing.


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Color difference of the covers
4th printing
These examples are 4th printing.

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