Hoshi no Ouji-sama, 1st edition, 1st printing

The first edition, first printing of Japanese The Little Prince, very rare item.

Hoshi no Ouji-sama, 1st printing

The first edition, first printing of Japanese version. Paper back, no dust jacket, no slip-in box.

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Iwanami's "Juvenile Library 53". Published 15th March, 1953. Wared a gray belt. Dimension : 17.3 x 11.3 x 1.1 cm. Illustrations : Monochrome : 45, Color : 2.

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A frontispiece and the half-title page.

The "Portrait of The Prince" is pasted-in in front of the half title. Another colored illustration, "Three Baobabs", is also on a pasted-in page.

Publisher's additional order card

Put-in card. Sellers uses this card to count the sold books and make the additional order of the same book. The price was JPYen 130.-.