by Simone de Beauvoir
First edition, limited issue; text in the original French language
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 with light rubbing to extremities and faint soiling and foxing to textblock edges. A striking copy of this important feminist work, in which the author discusses the treatment of women throughout history.