French poet, writer, and pioneering aviator (1900-1944) known for the classic book The Little Prince. While flying for the Free French Air Force in North Africa during World War II, he disappeared over the Mediterranean. Fantastic unsigned handwritten notes and sketches in ink accomplished by Saint-Exupery on two sheets. First is an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet with notes and sketches on both sides, featuring several diagrams related to scientific research, as well as two facial profile studies. Saint-Exupery writes a text on the defeat of France (translated): "France was lodged in the armies. Her armies have cracked. The armies that cracked like the shell around the material." On a single-sided yellow 8.25 x 10.75 sheet, Saint-Exupery writes on a scientific study (translated): "Work and weight descending under an active acceleration and work, and then ascending under a diminished acceleration." At the bottom is a small technical diagram, with a note: "What's going on in a tube with a float?" In very good to fine condition, with some creasing and light staining. Accompanied by an export certificate from the French Ministry of Culture. In addition to his creativity as a writer, Saint-Exupery—an aviator by trade—was a capable technical thinker, as demonstrated in these exemplary drawings.
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