BEAUVOIR, Simone de (1908-1986). The Mandarins. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies SIGNED BY BEAUVOIR.
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BEAUVOIR, Simone de (1908-1986). The Mandarins. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956.
8vo. Blue and red cloth boards lettered and decorated in white and gilt, top edge stained blue, others uncut; apparently original glassine (a few tiny chips); original board slipcase.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies SIGNED BY BEAUVOIR. Beauvoir won the Prix Goncourt for her roman à clef which follows the lives of a close-knit group of French intellectuals from the end of World War II through to the mid-1950s.
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