Paris: Gallimard, 1949. Early reprint. Two volumes, both signed and inscribed by Simone de Beauvoir on the half-title page. Bound in French art bindings with marbled paper over red morocco spines stamped in gilt, with original wrappers bound in, in a matching customs yellow cloth slipcase with curved red morocco..... More
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Paris: Gallimard, 1949. First edition, limited issue with text in the original French. Limited to 2,105 copies including 2,000 numbered copies on Alfama Marais paper, of which these are 1631 and 357 respectively. Two volumes, bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards with striking color-stamped designs by Mario Prassinos. Near Fine..... More
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956. First edition, limited issue. One of a limited 500 unnumbered copies signed by Simone de Beauvoir. Bound in publisher's Red cloth-covered boards over dark blue spine cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with slight fading to spine, in toned acetate wrapper..... More
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited edition, Signed by Simone de Beauvoir on page at front. xxxviii, 715 pp. Bound in publisher's black leather with gilt stamping, all edges gilt. A Fine copy. A classic examination of women in history. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First American edition and first in the English language. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in blind over quarter dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light edge wear and pages tanned with upper corners lightly bumped. In a Near Fine unclipped..... More
London: Secker and Warburg / Lindsay Drummond, 1949. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine lettered in gilt; folded prospectus for The Second Sex laid in. Near Fine with toning and foxing to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning and..... More