SAINT-EXUPÉRY (Antoine de). Pilote de guerre. New York: Éditions de la Maison française, [1942]. - In-4, dark blue half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Alix). First edition of this famous war novel, in which Antoine de Saint-Exupéry recounts the aerial reconnaissance mission he flew over Arras in 1940 in his Bloch MB.174. It was published in New York in February 1942, where the author was in exile. One of 450 copies on Corsican paper, very well bound by Alix. Two discreet traces of glue on the first white leaf.