when things spirit first de beauvoir simone (42 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. This is a collection of semi-autobiographical tales written when the author was only 30, before World War II. Each tale concerns a young woman struggling with the effects of a Catholic upbringing and with the stifling social demands of the French bourgeoisie. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Etat : Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.

Paperback. first edition thus. very good trade paperback,

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Etat : VG in G DJ. 1st Amer ed. Issues confronting young intellectuals in 30s Paris. Remainder marks, damp stain bottom DJ back flap bend.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First English-language edition (first printing). 8vo. 212pp. Original publisher's boards lettered in silver at the spine. Small dealer plate to the base of the front pastedown, and a tiny area of Tip-Ex-ing (?!) to the tip of the front free endpaper to obscure a former dealer price. A very good copy in very slightly toned non-price-clipped dust wrapper. The author's first work of fiction, comprising five lengthy interwoven short stories. Completed in 1937, the book was rejected by various publishers and set aside. It was eventually published in Paris in 1979 with this Patrick O'Brian English-translation appearing three years later.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Ex-library copy. Front endpaper removed. New Brodart plastic overwrapper.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. When Things of the Spirit Come First, Simone de Beauvoir. Flamingo, 1992. Vintage paperback. Front cover has some light scratching along edges. Spine has signs of light shelf wear. Back cover has previous pricing sticker at bottom left. Bottom left corner has small water stain. Inside of front cover has discolouration. Some foxing throughout. Good condition.

Etat : Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. VERY GOOD+ hardcover book in VERY GOOD+ dust-jacket. NOT marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT a b/c. NOT an XL. Remainder marked. All of our dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective book jacket covers.

Soft cover. Etat : New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NEVER OPENED, STILL IN SHRINK WRAP.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition of this semi-autobiographical collection of short stories written fifteen-years before her landmark book, The Second Sex, adopted by many American feminists as 'a book of their own'. Slim 8vo. 212 pp. Translated into English b y Patrick O'Brian. Ex-Libris Nancy Southam, of the Southam newspaper family, whose name appears on the title page, on the copyright page the date is circled, on pp. 11 the first paragraph is neatly noted with a faint outside black line, the first s ix words of the third paragraph are underlined, on pp. 15 the last three lines of the third paragraph are noted on the outside with a faint black line and on pp. 17, paragraph two, consisting of one line, is annotated with a faint question mark in b lack. Very good in near fine dustwrapper. An important Patrick O'Brian translation of an important book by one this century's finest author's.

Softcover. Etat : Fine. Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. Fine.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. This book is covered in neat, clear, removable plastic protecting the dust jacket. The DJ is in good condition. It has some foxing on the inside flaps and on it's underside. The hardcover is in excellent condition. The binding is sound. There are no loose pages. The pages are clean and in good condition. There is some light foxing on the front and back end pages. A beautiful book.