A rare typescript of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's "The Little Prince," containing extensive handmade corrections by the French author and described by book dealers as "literary treasure" will soon go on sale for $1.25 million.
Considered the world's most translated book besides religious texts, the novella about a child who travels from planet to planet gaining wisdom was published at the height of World War II, when Saint-Exupery fought for the Allies in the French air force.
Bound in a worn, black cover, the French-language typescript of "Le Petit Prince" was written in New York during the author's exile from occupied France, London-based Peter Harrington Rare Books said.
It is one of only three known copies in existence, with the other two sitting in the Harry Ransom Center in Texas and France's national library.
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