Le Petit Prince, First American Edition, Sixth Printing, in French (1946-7)

(1943), stated Sixth Printing; Very Good to Fine/Good Plus dj, square octavo, blue cloth hardcover with bright red lettering on cover & backstrip, unclipped dust jacket with correct $2.00 price, dj with 1" chip at top of spine, one smaller chip along edge & one 1" circular hole along rear hinge, R&H address on front flap is 8 West 40th Street: lacks the Raven on the illustration on page 63, also lacks to colophon on the last page 94; inked name & presentation on front endpaper: "Charle Randolph from Grandma Inea (?) Christmas 1947; illustrated throughout in color, binding appears to be the earlier of the blue bindings which dates this to 1946 or 1947 given the owner's gift note, text clean & unmarked & entirely in French.