The Mandarins

Cleveland.: The World Publishing Comapny., 1956. Limited edition 500 signed copies of which 325 were for private distribution.. Quarter back cloth over red cloth boards, white spine title gilt decorations, top edge stained black.. Very good, spine heel bumped, bookplate to pastedown, otherwise fine in a very good dust jacket with three vertical creases and light sunning to spine.… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956. Signed Limited Edition. Near Fine. First edition, limited issue. One of a limited 500 unnumbered copies signed by Simone de Beauvoir. Bound in publisher's Red cloth-covered boards over dark blue spine cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with slight fading to spine, in toned acetate wrapper, in publisher's slipcase… Read more about this item

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 610p. A hardcover book in good condition with a like dustjacket. LACKS the front free endpaper. Hinges a bit shaken from years of use, but binding still secure enough for normal handling. Text unmarked. Tape residue on jacket flaps has faded onto the front and back endpapers. The jacket is… Read more about this item

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956. Signed limited edition and first English edition of the novel for which de Beauvoir won the Prix Goncourt, awarded to the best and most imaginative prose work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Simone de Beauvoir. Fine in a near fine dust original glassine jacket in the original slipcase. Translated… Read more about this item

The First UK printing published by Collins, London in 1957. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. The binding is very slightly cocked and there is a hint of bowing to the rear board. Gilt titling to the spine. Light spotting and toning to the end-papers. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good condition. Some… Read more about this item

Flamingo. Paperback. Used; Good. Simply Brit – welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there’s something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within… Read more about this item

Popular Library - Eagle Books, (1956). paperback. Fine mass market paperback, Popular Library/Eagle Books 125-47 1st printing 1956. Winner of the Prix Goncourt. Translated from the French by Leonard M. Friedman. 575 pages

Collins, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1957. 2nd impression. 704 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth and gilt lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Loss to jacket's spine ends.

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.” … Read more about this item

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

First U.S. edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; little age tone to text pages, few spots of soil top text block edge; sound binding; cloth cover has rub wear at corner tips, bright gilt titling; dj has sun fade along spine and edge wear (rub wear along folds, small chips at corners and spine ends,… Read more about this item

World Pub. Co. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. One of 500 unnumbered copies Signed by Simone de Beauvoir, of "which three hundred and twenty-five are for private distribution." ; Tight and clean. Solid binding. Previous owner's name inked to the limitations page, otherwise in Very Good condition. Dustjacket, which… Read more about this item

The Folio Society, London, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Slipcased. Illustrator: Christopher Corr. List of illustrations, introduction by Doris missing stop pale purple coloured end pages. Colour illustrated frontispiece and the drawings within the text have all been created by Christopher Corr; who, also drew the illustrations for the covers. Pale blue and orange… Read more about this item

USA: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good-. 1999. 1st Edition (Unstated); Eighth Printing. Paperback. 0393318834 . Yellowing to pages. Foxing (light) to the exterior edge of pages only. No writing or major defects. Otherwise in Very Good condition.; Norton Paperback Fiction; 5.3 X 1.2 X 8 inches; 610 pages .

Paperback. Good.

World Pub. Co, 1956. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and… Read more about this item

World Pub. Co, 1956-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. 1956 World Publishing First American in price intact jacket that shows light sun fade to spine. Tight binding no marks. Please email for photos.

London: Collins. 1957. Original red cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 702. Second impression (March 1957), one month after the first. Some wear to the top edge of the dutjacket, small closed tears. Scattered light foxing to the preliminary pages, otherwise clean. Very good condition in like d.j., protected. Prix-Goncourt winning novel which follows the personal lives of a close-knit group… Read more about this item