Ticker tape - History. 1  Although telegraphic printing systems were first invented by Royal Earl House in 1846, early models were fragile, required hand-cranked power, frequently went out of synchronization between sender and receiver, and did not become popular in widespread commercial use.
In 1943, Reynal & Hitchcock published Saint-ExupÃ©ryâs The Little Prince in English, translated by Katherine Woods and then published the French version (Le Petit Prince) shortly after. The publisherâs English version features a five-line colophon at the end of the book, while the French version does not.
Saint-ExupÃ©ry dedicated two books to him, Lettre Ã  un otage (Letter to a Hostage) and Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), and referred to Werth in three more of his works. At the beginning of the Second World War while writing The Little Prince, Saint-ExupÃ©ry lived in his downtown New York City apartment, thinking of his native France and his friends.