The Second Sex

1988 Picador, Translated and Edited by H.M. Parshley // Cover very gently worn, Slight creases along spine, Lightest tanning of pages // The feminist bible that kicked off second-wave feminism // 762 pages, 563g, 199mm x 131mm x 49mm // 100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

Vg sc . VERY GOOD . CLEAN PGS

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Hardback. Very Good.

New York: Dell Publishing, 1987. First Edition, First Printing . Wraps. Very Good +/No Jacket. 6 3/4" X 4 1/4. November, 1987. Author presents a portrait of a town that closed its eyes to a deadly problem. Book has some superficial edge/shelf wear, light foxing on top edge. … Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. First edition thus. Hardcover. An attractive edition of De Beauvoir's classic which looks at the treatment of women throughout history. Translated from the French and edited by H.M Parshley. Features illustrations by Eugene Karlin. A clean very near fine copy in a decorated full leather binding with all edges gilt and a silk… Read more about this item

Johnathan Cape , 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Translated and edited by H.M. Parshley. Several stamp marks. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 702 pages. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The back boards and last few pages are damp and marked.… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition in English of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions of this classic work are rare… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Vintage. Good;. 1974. Reprint edition. Mass Market Paperback. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 814 pages; Mass market paperback lightly rubbed at edges, spine ends and corner tips. White covers with minor yellowing. Book solid and tight. Text block clean and pages tight but yellowing. Bagged for protection. .

New York: A Borzoi Book/Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Publishers, 1953. 1st & 2nd Printing Before Publication . Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 732 pp. Stated 1st & 2nd Printing Before Publication!!! A rare, hard-to-find-gem!!! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear and clean text.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 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 dust jacket… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. First Franklin Library edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to the front and rear panel, all edges gilt, raised bands, silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir. Translated by H.M. Parshley. Illustrated by Eugene Karlin. In fine… Read more about this item

The very scarce uncorrected proof copy of the first English edition of this foundational text of contemporary feminism, despite its being unsatisfactorily translated by H.M. Parshley, and not given another translation for more than 50 years. (The wife of Alfred Knopf, Beauvoir s American publisher, heard of the book while in Paris and asked Parshley, a retired zoology professor, for… Read more about this item

1974: Vintage, 1974. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1974 Thick Mass Market Paperback. Tight copy w/smudging/scuffing to portions of cover, toning to pages, contents clean & free from markings/marginalia. Very Good.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1979. Leather Bound Hardcover. "This limited edition of The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir has been privately printed and individually signed by the author," this fine gift copy is in excellent condition, the binding is tight as if unread and there are no remarkable flaws, genuine leather binding with… Read more about this item

Vintage. Used - Very Good. 1989. Later Printing Used. Paperback. Very Good. (Subject: Books).

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback / softback. New. Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short form WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNES When this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage and scandal.

N Y: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Blue and green cloth cover. First and Second Printings before Publication (This indicates the publisher was successful in promoting the book and had more orders before the actual publication date than the first printing quantity would… Read more about this item