The Second Sex
by Simone De Beauvoir
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Missing
- Seller
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Fitzroy North, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Second impression of the true first UK edition, published in 1954. The printer's page states: 'First published in Great Britain October 1953, second impression 1954. The book was originally published in English translation in the USA, by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York in 1953. ***Edited by and translated from the French by H. M. Parshley, Professor Emeritus of Zoology at Smith College. Good in grey duotone cloth-covered boards, over a blue cloth covered spine (faded), with gilt titles to the spine.
Synopsis
The Second Sex is one of the best-known works of the French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir. It is a work on the treatment of women throughout history and often regarded as a major work of feminist literature.
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- Bookseller
- Bob's Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 119
- Title
- The Second Sex
- Author
- Simone De Beauvoir
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK edition, Second Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 702
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Sexual Politics, Sociology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hotham Books;
Terms of Sale
Bob's Books
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