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Paris, Gallimard, (septembre) 19641 vol. (125 x 195 mm) with 163 p. and [2] f. Lightly sanded violet calf, smooth spine, title in blue oeser, mosaic decoration in relief on the pats, gilt edges on the boards, blue velvet lining and endpapers, covers and spine preserved, lined folder and slipcase (binding signed by Honnelaître, 1990).
First edition.One of the first 40 copies on hollande (no. 9).
Sartre considered Une mort très douce to be Simone de Beauvoir's best work: the autobiographical (as well as universal) account of a daughter at the bedside of her mother, "a poor tortured body". It is a poignant account of a life lived by one's own mother, "a poor supplicated body", and provides an opportunity to reflect on the issues of therapeutic relentlessness, euthanasia and the final moments of "an adventure shared by all, yet lived by each alone".
Delicate and rare calf binding by Claude Honnelaître.
From the Robert Moureau library (bookplate).
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Paris, Gallimard, (septembre) 1964
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