Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, second printing hardcover copy of The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoirin archival wrap. First American Edition unstated, 1956 World Publication. Second Printing unstated.
Very Good hardcover with clean, bright boards, one light smudge on bottom page block, no spine tilt, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and bumped corners. Previous owner’s name on first free end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Pages clean and bright.
Good unclipped dust jacket with heavy edge wear, chips, gaps and tears. Looks great in a Brodart archival wrap.
In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. In fictionally relating the stories of those around her ― Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Arthur Koestler, Nelson Algren ― de Beauvoir dissects the emotional and philosophical currents of her time. At once an engrossing drama and an intriguing political tale, The Mandarins is the emotional odyssey of a woman torn between her inner desires and her public life.
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