The Mandarins.
by BEAUVOIR, Simone De
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland & NY: World, (1956).. First US edition, numbered & signed issue.. 610 pp. Faint sunning to spine, else very near fine in two-part full cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Very good plus publisher’s slipcase with some light evidence of damp staining to side panels. One of 325 (of 500) copies SIGNED by Beauvoir for “private distribution.” Winner of the Prix Goncourt. Laid into this copy is a printed slip from the publisher, “With the compliments of Ben D. Zevin.”
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75612
- Title
- The Mandarins.
- Author
- BEAUVOIR, Simone De
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First US edition, numbered & signed issue.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cleveland & NY: World
- Date Published
- (1956).
Terms of Sale
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
Any book returnable for any reason within 10 days with prior notice. CA residents please add 9.5% sales tax. Libraries can be billed as needed.
About the Seller
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Berkeley, California
About Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
Fine and rare books with an emphasis on 20th C. poetry, small press, literary magazines, broadsides, and interesting books in most fields.
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