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.