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soon gathered a reputation for being “the only book women who wanted to think about their status in the world could turn to” (Moi). The trade edition was issued in covers featuring the striking designs of Turkish-born French artist- illustrator Mario Prassinos, who frequently worked on these prestigious post-war editions for Gallimard. The two volumes were published months apart (20 April and 14 September 1949), so are invariably found with unmatched numbers. There were also 55 copies on vélin pur Lafuma-Navarre (50 numbered in roman numerals, and 5 hors commerce marked A to E) in bindings without the Prassinos designs. 2 volumes, octavo. Original black paper-covered boards, spines lettered in gilt, pictorial decorations on boards and spines in grey, blue, and gilt after designs by Mario Prassinos, endpapers decorated with Pegasus motif and the initial of La Nouvelle Revue française . Title pages printed in red and black. A near-fine set, slight rubbing to ends of joints and corners, a few marks to covers of Les faits with edges and prelims slightly foxed, L’experience with head of spine rubbed and small scratch on front cover, a few faint marks to edges, else fresh and clean. ¶ Toril Moi, “The Adulteress Wife”, London Review of Books , vol. 32, no. 3, 11 February 2010; Jo-Ann Pilardi, “The Changing Critical Fortunes of The Second Sex ”, History and Theory, vol. 32, no. 1, February 1993, pp. 51–73, available online. £1,750 [157573]
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