SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Antoine. Pilote de guerre. S. n., s. d. [Lill - Lot 170

SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Antoine. Pilote de guerre. S. n., s. d. [Lille, Presses de la Silic, 1944].1 vol. in-12. Paperback, printed green covers. Mention " édition interdite par les allemands " on title page. Written in 1941 during his stay in New York, Pilote de Guerre was initially published on February 20, 1942 in the United States, where it was very well received. With the approval of the Vichy government, Gallimard published it in France in November of the same year, in small numbers (2,100 copies). But in February 1943, German censors prohibited sales and ordered the destruction of the edition. Pirate editions were then printed in Lille and Lyon and distributed under the cloak. The book remained banned in France until the end of the war. With a different fleuron than the Lyon edition. Clandestine edition probably published in 1944 in Lille. Discoloration and stains on cover.