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12689Used; Like New/Used; Like New. An extraordinary collection of five Japanese pressed LPs each signed by the primary artist while on tour in Japan 1973-78 and including an especially rare signed copy of Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue." <br style="">The support for jazz in Japan has long been immense and also remarkably consistent. Even during a slump in the United States in the 70's that threatened to put many American jazz labels and musicians out of business American jazz artists flocked to Japan to perform with many releasing "Live in Japan" albums including Miles Davis Bill Evans and Sarah Vaughan. ''Japan almost singlehandedly kept the jazz record business going during the late 1970's'' said a producer with Blue Note Records Michael Cuscuna. ''Without the Japanese market a lot of independent jazz labels probably would have folded or at least stopped releasing new material.'' NY Times "In Japan Jazz Resurges As a National Passion" 1/7/88  <br>Each album includes the original obi strip spine card the piece of paper wrapped around the spine of Japanese LPs the term obi designating the sash around a kimono Kimono no obi. Japanese pressings generally feature very high quality vinyl and the present examples are all in fine condition rated individually below. Four of them are dated by the obtainer of the signature or by the artist Simone. <br style="">BILL EVANS - NEW CONVERSATIONS.  Label: WARNER P-10516<br style="">Cover : EW/ Record : E<br style="">Obi stripe: E<br style="">Obtained 13 September 1978 signed dated and inscribed in black ink on the front cover. <br style=""><br style="">SARAH VAUGHAN WITH CLIFFORD BROWN<br style="">Label: MERCURY BT-1324<br style="">Cover : EW/ Record : EDJ<br style="">Obi stripe: E<br style="">Obtained 26 April 1975 signed in black ink on the front cover.  <br style="">NINA SIMONE - SPELL ON YOU<br style="">Label: PHILIPS SFX-7167<br style="">Cover : EW/ Record : E-W<br style="">Obi stripe: E<br style="">Obtained 1973 signed and dated in black ink on the record label and to an interior page of the album booklet<br style=""><br style="">DEXTER GORDON - APARTMENT<br style="">Label: STEEPLECHASE RJ-7101<br style="">Cover : EW/ Record : E<br style="">Obi stripe: E<br style="">Obtained 25 September 1975 signed in black ink on the front cover by Dexter Gordon Kenny Drew Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and Albert "Tootsie" Heath<br style=""><br style="">MILES DAVIS - KIND OF BLUE<br style="">Label: CBS/SONY SOPL-155Cover : EW/ Record : EObi stripe: EObtained 1975 signed in silver ink "Miles Davis" on the front cover. <br style=""><br style=""><br style="">The present collection includes several remarkable rarities but the highlight is surely the exceedingly rare signed copy of what is widely regarded to be the greatest jazz album of all time Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue." Davis was notoriously prickly and a generally reluctant autograph signer. Though authentic autograph signatures are certainly obtainable we are aware of only one other extant authentically signed copy also sold by Schubertiade of Davis's greatest masterpiece. Of the previous example sold by Schubertiade noted jazz collector and dealer Larry Rafferty noted that in his 40 years of collecting jazz autographs this is "absolutely the only copy I have ever seen -- or heard of" and our research further confirms that no signed copies have appeared at auction or in trade catalogues.  <br style="">The best-selling jazz record of all time is universally acknowledged as a masterpiece revered as much by rock and classical music fans as by jazz lovers. Kind of Blue brought together seven now-legendary musicians in the prime of their careers: tenor saxophonist John Coltrane alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly bassist Paul Chambers drummer Jimmy Cobb and of course trumpeter Miles Davis. To the musicians who recorded it Kind of Blue was just another session when it was released in August 1959. But the disc was quickly recognized by the jazz community as a classic. Jazz musicians were startled by the truly different sound on an album that laid out a clear roadmap for further modal explorations. "So What" became the tune the one that every musician -- not just the practitioners of jazz -- simply had to know. The other tracks also quickly became standards and the individual solos throughout the record continue to inspire musicians to this day. Drummer Jimmy Cobb puts it all down to simplicity -- the reason Kind of Blue has remained so successful for so long. And because of its inherent balance historian Dan Morgenstern adds the album never wears out its welcome.<br style=""> unknown books
1790J1IBOS4BUCS1Padua 1790. Small folio 21.5 x 29.5 cm. Seminary printing office Contemporary green half calf gold-tooled spine marbled sides. With 3 large folding engraved plates. 16 CCXIX 9 pp. First and only edition of a rare study describing and illustrating with all elements needed to construction a 3D facsimile one of the most splendid Islamic globes ever made a celestial globe with Cufic lettering in the Borgia Museum at Velletri now at the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples. The Syrian mathematician Qaysar ibn Abu al-Qasim 1178/79-1251 made the bronze globe with inlaid silver and copper 22 cm diameter in 622 AH 1225/26 CE for the fourth Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt al-Malik al-Kamil Muhammad ca. 1177-1238. The three folding plates show measured drawings apparently original size though without a scale of the components of the celestial globe with 1025 stars and 48 constellations designed so that they could be cut out and assembled around a globe body: the first shows the meridian and horizon rings with 2 gnomon scales for the base and a small view of the assembled globe the second shows the northern hemisphere and the third the southern hemisphere. Mediaeval Arabic astronomers used celestial globes to help solve various problems in astronomy far in advance of their European contemporaries. The seminary printing office in Padova established 1684 had its own typefoundry and had non-Latin types including Arabic cut for its first books published in 1685.Old library shelfmark label on the inside of the front board. The hinges and the head and foot of the spine somewhat worn. Otherwise in fine condition.l Brunet VI 8185; DG 7.9265; M. H. Fikri Treasures from the Arab Scientific Legacy in Europe no. 13 with full-page illustration; for Ahmed al-Farghani: DSB IV pp. 541-545. ABE CAT Astronomy & Cosmography unknown
195829809Exemplaires sur Hollande, en reliures de Pierre-Lucien Martin Paris, Gallimard, (septembre) 1958, (octobre) 1960, (octobre) 1963 et (août) 1972. 1 vol. (135 x 205 mm) de 359 p. et [3] f. Veau brique à encadrement, plats en daim marine avec décor à la lettre repris sur le dos, tête dorée, doublure et garde de papier bleu, couverture et dos, chemise et étui (P.-L. Martin, 1961) ; 1 vol. (140 x 205 mm) de 622 p. et [1] f. Maroquin ébène à encadrement, plats de daim marron avec décor à la lettre réhaussé d'une pièce de papier granité, décor repris sur le dos, tête dorée, doublure de papier bordeaux et garde de papier bleu, couverture et dos, chemise et étui (P.-L. Martin, 1961) ; 1 vol. (155 x 210 mm) de 686 p. et [1] f. Maroquin bleu nuit à encadrement, plats en daim marine avec décor à la lettre réhaussé d'une pièce de box, titre et tête dorés, date en pied, doublures et gardes papier, couvertures et dos conservés, chemise et étui bordé (P.-L. Martin, 1964) ; 1 vol. (155 x 220 mm) de 512 p. et [2] f. Maroquin vert à encadrement, plats en daim vert avec décor à la lettre réhaussé d'une pièce de box, titre doré, date en pied, doublure et garde papier vert, tête dorée, couvertures et dos conservés, chemise et étui (P.-L. Martin, 1975). Édition originale pour tous les volumes. Un des 25 premiers exemplaires sur vélin de Hollande (n° 13). Un des 30 premiers exemplaires sur vélin de Hollande (n° 25). Un des 35 premiers exemplaires sur vélin de Hollande (n° 10). Un des 40 premiers exemplaires sur vergé blanc de Hollande (n° 21).
29809Paris Gallimard septembre 1958 octobre 1960 octobre 1963 et août 1972. 1 vol. 135 x 205 mm de 359 p. et 3 f. Veau brique à encadrement plats en daim marine avec décor à la lettre repris sur le dos tête dorée doublure et garde de papier bleu couverture et dos chemise et étui P.-L. Martin 1961 ; 1 vol. 140 x 205 mm de 622 p. et 1 f. Maroquin ébène à encadrement plats de daim marron avec décor à la lettre réhaussé d'une pièce de papier granité décor repris sur le dos tête dorée doublure de papier bordeaux et garde de papier bleu couverture et dos chemise et étui P.-L. Martin 1961 ; 1 vol. 155 x 210 mm de 686 p. et 1 f. Maroquin bleu nuit à encadrement plats en daim marine avec décor à la lettre réhaussé d'une pièce de box titre et tête dorés date en pied doublures et gardes papier couvertures et dos conservés chemise et étui bordé P.-L. Martin 1964 ; 1 vol. 155 x 220 mm de 512 p. et 2 f. Maroquin vert à encadrement plats en daim vert avec décor à la lettre réhaussé d'une pièce de box titre doré date en pied doublure et garde papier vert tête dorée couvertures et dos conservés chemise et étui P.-L. Martin 1975. . Édition originale pour tous les volumes. Un des 25 premiers exemplaires sur vélin de Hollande n° 13. Un des 30 premiers exemplaires sur vélin de Hollande n° 25. Un des 35 premiers exemplaires sur vélin de Hollande n° 10. Un des 40 premiers exemplaires sur vergé blanc de Hollande n° 21. . La somme autobiographique de Simone de Beauvoir : son oeuvre majeure jalon de la littérature féministe du XXe siècle. Magnifiques reliures de Pierre-Lucien Martin : trois d'entre elles ont été exécutées pour lui-même ; seule la première n'a pas de provenance identifiée mais elle est l'exacte copie de celle qu'il avait faite pour lui-même l'année précédente vente Pierre-Lucien Martin n° 36 exemplaire D. On connaît par ailleurs deux autres reliures de Martin pour Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée en 1964 pour Pierre Consten et en 1966 pour Jean-Pierre Guillaume soit quatre au total. Ce décor princeps de 1960 marque une étape importante dans un type de décor que Martin déclinera beaucoup par la suite. Pierre-Lucien Martin aura au total réalisé quatre jeux complets sous ces reliures - toutes avec des variantes plus ou moins importantes. Seize exemplaires en tout et pour tout. Plusieurs volumes ont été dispersés ici et là et notre ensemble est le seul complet connu à l'heure actuelle. Dans ce premier volet autobiographique Simone de Beauvoir décrit les vingt premières années de sa vie de 1908 à 1928 jusqu'à sa rencontre avec Jean-Paul Sartre. « En 1929 Simone de Beauvoir a vingt ans. Elle vient d'être reçue brillante seconde derrière Sartre redoublant à l'agrégation de philosophie. Farouchement cartésienne elle tire des plans sur la comète : elle entend vivre pour écrire et aller son chemin sans entrave. ‘Libre comme l'air' elle conclut une alliance sacrée avec Sartre : ‘Jamais nous ne deviendrions étrangers l'un à l'autre jamais l'un ne ferait en vain appel à l'autre et rien ne prévaudrait contre cette alliance.' Alliance qui se doublait du serment : ‘Nous nous dirons tout.' . La vie de Simone de Beauvoir telle que nous l'avons découverte dans ses quatre livres autobiographiques et ses deux romans a constitué une véritable pédagogie de la liberté féminine pour plusieurs générations de femmes. Même si aucune vie ne peut s'ériger en modèle reste qu'en tournant le dos aux normes patriarcales millénaires en refusant le destin obligé des femmes d'épouse et de mère en devenant l'une des philosophes les plus célèbres de son temps elle a montré à ses lectrices qu'elles pouvaient elles aussi tenter d'ouvrir la cage des préjugés qui les tenaient enfermées. Nos enfants ne liront peut-être plus ni La Nausée ni Le Deuxième Sexe ni aucune oeuvre d'elle ou de lui mais leurs noms sont inscrits à présent dans l'histoire des mentalités et dans celle de la mythologie amoureuse. Ce n'était peut-être pas le projet initial de Sartre. Mais c'est grâce au Castor qui a construit vaille que vaille ce couple mythique avec lui que Sartre restera à la postérité. Douce revanche de Beauvoir : c'est avec elle qu'il gagnera l'éternité. » Elisabeth Badinter Simone de Beauvoir ou les chemins de la liberté Bnf Conférences 2002. Merveilleux ensemble unique. Ex-libris non identifié timbre rouge au contreplat du tome 1 ; Des bibliothèques Pierre-Lucien Martin ex-libris et vente 20 mai 1987 n° 36 puis François Ragazzoni ex-libris pour le tome 2 ; Des bibliothèques Pierre-Lucien Martin vente 20 mai 1987 n° 37 ; Jean-Pierre Guillaume vente 17 et 18 mai 1995 n° 50 pour le tome 3 ; Des bibliothèques Pierre-Lucien Martin ex-libris et vente 20 mai 1987 n° 38 et François Ragazzoni ex-libris pour le dernier. Paris, Gallimard, (septembre) 1958, (octobre) 1960, (octobre) 1963 et (août) 1972. 1 vol. (135 x 205 mm) de 359 p. et [3] f. Ve unknown
194984229Paris: Gallimard 1949. Fine. The most important feminist essay in a limited first edition deluxe issue Gallimard Paris 1949 15 x 21 cm 2 volumes brochés en coffret First edition one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil paper most limited deluxe issue. Endleaves and half-title slightly and partially shaded. Exceedingly rare and handsome copy of this seminal text of modern feminism. Our copy is housed in a custom gray clamshell box square spine titled in red author's name and subtitles in black first panel hollowed revealing a black and white photograph of Simone de Beauvoir as a young woman under a plexiglass title in red author's name first volume number and subtitle in black second panel hollowed revealing a color photograph of the author in her prime under plexiglass titled in red author's name second volume number and subtitle in black box lined with burgundy paper superb work by artist Julie Nadot. Gallimard unknown
1961140945681New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1961. First Edition. Very Good. First edition stated first printing. A presentation copy with a very important association signed by Julia Child and inscribed to close friends Hadley Richardson and Paul Mowrer on the half-title page "For Paul and Hadley who were in at the very beginning of this oeuvre - with all my love - Julia / Chocorua - September 1962." With Paul's ownership signature to the front free endpaper. <p>Hadley was the first wife of author Ernest Hemingway and her second husband Paul Scott Mowrer was an American newspaper correspondent and winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence. Hadley had first become acquainted with Julia's husband artist Paul Child when she and her then-husband Hemingway were in Paris in the 1920s. After World War II and back in Paris Hadley now with her second husband Paul Mowrer became very close friends with Paul and Julia Child. <p>This was during the formative years of Julia's culinary journey while she was learning and exploring French cooking a journey which culminated in the publication of this iconic book. Hadley is mentioned in Julia Child's memoir My Life in France and Julia was matron-of-honor at Hadley and Ernest's son Jack Hemingway's wedding. <p>Bound in publisher's white fleur-de-list patterned cloth lacking a dust jacket. Very Good with fading to cloth heaviest at spine light soiling and and a few scattered stains to cloth and pages throughout. Pages tanned several leaves nicked at the bottom edge. Inscribed one year after publication in Chocoreur New Hampshire where Hadley and Paul lived. A fantastic association copy of Child's magnum opus inscribed by Child to close friends who were there as she states "at the very beginning of this oeuvre Alfred A. Knopf unknown
195884321Paris: Gallimard 1958. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1958-1972 14.50 x 21.50 cm 4 volumes brochés sous coffrets Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter - La force de l'âge The Prime of Life - La force des choses Force of Circumstance - Tout compte fait All Said and Done Gallimard Paris 1958-1972 145x215cm 4 bound volumes. First edition one of 25 30 35 and 40 numbered copies on vergé de hollande most limited deluxe issue for each of the 4 volumes. A very rare and handsome set of this autobiographical and feminist tetralogy. Each volume is presented in a custom box signed by Julie Nadot reproducing the cover plates and the spine of the work. Gallimard unknown
194984229Gallimard | Paris 1949 | 15 x 21 cm | 2 volumes brochés en coffret
93093Editions Des Musees Nationaux. As New. N.D. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. Opus published between 1954 and 1992 inclusive comprised of 11 volumes organized into 4 parts: 1 Epoques Prehellenique Geometrique Archaique Et Classique; 2 Myrina; 3 Epoques Hellenistique Et Romaine Grece Et Asie Mineure; and 4 Epoques Hellenistique Et Romaine Italie Meridionale AND Epoques Hellenistique Et Romaine Cyrenaique Egypte Ptolemaique Et Romaine Afrique Du Nord Et Proche-Orient. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee Editions Des Musees Nationaux paperback
195884321Gallimard | Paris 1958-1972 | 14.50 x 21.50 cm | 4 volumes brochés sous coffrets
194988321Paris: Gallimard 1949. Fine. The most important feminist essay in a deluxe issue Gallimard Paris 1949 14 x 20.50 cm 2 volume reliés First edition one of 55 numbered copies on pure wove paper the only deluxe paper issue. Bound in half brown morocco spines with five raised bands gilt dates at foot boards covered with abstract patterned paper endleaves and doublures of brown paper original wrappers and backstrips preserved gilt edges bindings signed by Thomas Boichot. A precious copy of this foundational text of modern feminism. Gallimard hardcover
C93093Editions Des Musees Nationaux. As New. N.D. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. Opus published between 1954 and 1992 inclusive comprised of 11 volumes organized into 4 parts: 1 Epoques Prehellenique Geometrique Archaique Et Classique; 2 Myrina; 3 Epoques Hellenistique Et Romaine Grece Et Asie Mineure; and 4 Epoques Hellenistique Et Romaine Italie Meridionale AND Epoques Hellenistique Et Romaine Cyrenaique Egypte Ptolemaique Et Romaine Afrique Du Nord Et Proche-Orient. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Editions Des Musees Nationaux paperback
194988321Gallimard | Paris 1949 | 14 x 20.50 cm | 2 volume reliés
196084581Paris: Gallimard 1960. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1960 15 x 21 cm relié First edition one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper the deluxe issue.Bound in full ebony morocco smooth spine decorated with small inlays of garnet morocco and pearl-grey box calf the latter framing the authors initials and the title; the first numeral of the date given in Roman numerals appears within a square of pearl-grey box calf. Morocco boards framed with wide panels of chocolate suede the upper cover with a large granulated paper panel lettered with the title and date of the edition set in garnet morocco the initials framed by a rectangle of paper taken from a map of Haute-Savoie; bluish paper endpapers and pastedowns original wrappers and spine preserved top edge gilt; housed in a chemise with a rhodoid-backed spine and slipcase trimmed with ebony morocco. Binding signed by Pierre-Lucien Martin and dated 1964. These memoirs-autobiography by Simone de Beauvoir trace her life from her success at the agrégation prepared with Jean-Paul Sartre to the Liberation of Paris in August 1944. A superb and celebrated binding produced in a few copies each differing slightly by Pierre-Lucien Martin one of the masters of twentieth-century French bookbinding. Gallimard hardcover
140944292New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1970. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Two volumes both are first editions stated first printings. Volume I is Signed by Julia Child and Simone Beck on the half-title page; Volume II is signed by Julia Child and her husband and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. <p>Bound in publisher's original white cloth with red and blue Fleur-de-Les pattern. Near Fine. Volume I with bumped corners hinge at half-title page exposed with owner details written on half-title page as well. Dust jacket is price-clipped and with light edge wear and light toning worn at the corners and spine ends with short tears. Volume II has a water-droplet to the blue topstain and light softening to spine ends in a price-clipped dust jacket with a tiny hold to the front panel short tear to the top edge and a small stain to the rear. A lovely set both first printings and both signed directly. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1961146310New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1961-70. First editions of both volumes of this classic cook book. Quarto 2 volumes original illustrated boards. Volume one is boldly signed by Julia Child and Simone Beck on the title page. Volume two is signed by Julia Child on the title page. Drawings by Sidonie Coryn. Drawings by Paul Child. Typography binding and jacket design by Warren Chappell. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional set rare signed in both volumes and in this condition. Julia Childs Mastering the Art of French Cooking is arguably the most influential work on French food ever published in the United States. A "self-confessed ham she became a darling of audiences almost from the moment she made her debut in 1963 at the age of 50" New York Times. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1961147888New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1961-70. First editions of both volumes of this classic cook book. Quarto 2 volumes original illustrated boards. Volume one is boldly signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page "Bon Appetit to Ernesta- Julia Child" and additionally signed by Paul Child. Volume two is signed and inscribed by Julia Child on the half-title page "Joyeaux Noel to Ernesta- Julia Child" and additionally signed by Paul Child. Drawings by Sidonie Coryn. Drawings by Paul Child. Typography binding and jacket design by Warren Chappell. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets with first volume price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional set rare signed in both volumes and in this condition. Julia Childs Mastering the Art of French Cooking is arguably the most influential work on French food ever published in the United States. A "self-confessed ham she became a darling of audiences almost from the moment she made her debut in 1963 at the age of 50" New York Times. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
196084581Gallimard | Paris 1960 | 15 x 21 cm | relié
195478090Paris: Gallimard 1954. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1954 14 x 21 cm relié sous chemise et étui Gallimard Paris 1954 14 x 21 cm bound in morocco with custom chemise and slipcase First edition one of 25 numbered copies on Holland the tirage de tête deluxe copy. Binding in full purple morocco endpapers lined with mauve velvet all edges gilt covers and spine preserved chemise and slipcase lined in purple morocco wood-style paper boards interior of the chemise in grey felt perfect binding signed Jean-Paul Miguet. Spine of the chemise faded. Superb copy perfectly set in a triple binding by Jean-Paul Miguet. Gallimard hardcover
140944722New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1970. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Two volumes both are first editions stated first printings. Volume I is Signed by Julia Child and Simone Beck on the half-title page; Volume II is signed by Julia Child on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. <p>Bound in publisher's original white cloth with red and blue Fleur-de-Les pattern. Volume I is Very Good with staining to the textblock edge and light water warping to the top page corners with some loss to the topstain there as well; former owner inscription to the front free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with some tanning and edge tears. Volume II is Near Fine with some loss to the blue topstain in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light soiling light tanning to the spine. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
195321090New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1953. First edition in English of the author's masterpiece. Octavo original half cloth. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions of this classic work are rare and none have appeared at auction in the last sixty years. In 1946 Simone de Beauvoir began to outline what she thought would be an autobiographical essay explaining why when she had tried to define herself the first sentence that came to mind was “I am a woman.†That October my maiden aunt Beauvoir’s contemporary came to visit me in the hospital nursery. I was a day old and she found a little tag on my bassinet that announced “It’s a Girl!†In the next bassinet was another newborn “a lot punier†she recalled whose little tag announced “I’m a Boy!†There we lay innocent of a distinction— between a female object and a male subject— that would shape our destinies. It would also shape Beauvoir’s great treatise on the subject. The Second Sex deals with the treatment of women throughout history and is regarded as a major work of feminist philosophy and the starting point of second-wave feminism. Literary scholar Camille Paglia praised The Second Sex calling it "brilliant" and "the supreme work of modern feminism." Named by Modern Library as one of top 100 books of non- fiction of the twentieth century. Also named by The Times Literary Supplement as one of the most hundred influential books since World War II. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
195321090New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1953. First edition in English of the author's masterpiece. Octavo original half cloth. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions of this classic work are rare and none have appeared at auction in the last sixty years. In 1946 Simone de Beauvoir began to outline what she thought would be an autobiographical essay explaining why when she had tried to define herself the first sentence that came to mind was "I am a woman." That October my maiden aunt Beauvoir's contemporary came to visit me in the hospital nursery. I was a day old and she found a little tag on my bassinet that announced "It's a Girl!" In the next bassinet was another newborn "a lot punier" she recalled whose little tag announced "I'm a Boy!" There we lay innocent of a distinction-- between a female object and a male subject-- that would shape our destinies. It would also shape Beauvoir's great treatise on the subject. The Second Sex deals with the treatment of women throughout history and is regarded as a major work of feminist philosophy and the starting point of second-wave feminism. Literary scholar Camille Paglia praised The Second Sex calling it "brilliant" and "the supreme work of modern feminism." Named by Modern Library as one of top 100 books of non- fiction of the twentieth century. Also named by The Times Literary Supplement as one of the most hundred influential books since World War II. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
140941090New York: Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Two volumes both are first edition stated first printings. Volume I is Signed by Julia Child and her husband Paul on the half-title page and inscribed to a former owner; Volume II is signed by Julia Child on the half-title page and inscribed to a former owner. Near Fine with light soiling former owner's inkless emboss to front free endpaper and light spotting to red topstain. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light general wear and several short tears several small pieces of tape and tape residue to blank verso. Volume II is Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear toning to spine with light wear at spine ends and a small chip near the foot. A lovely pair. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
196077751Sous étui bordé et sous chemise en demi-rhodoid à petits recouvrements. Reliure maroquin ébène encadrant les plats de daim chocolat, avec sur le premier plat un grand rectangle de papier granité avec titre et date de l'édition mosaïqués en maroquin brun, initiales sur carrés de papier provenant d'une carte IGN de la Savoie. Dos lisse orné de petits rectangles de box brun et bleu ciel, ceux-ci avec les initiale du titre, nom de l'auteur et date en lettres dorées. Tête dorées. Couverture et dos conservés. Reliure signée P.-L. MARTIN - 1961.C'est la première reliure de ce type réalisée par Pierre-Lucien MARTIN qui en fit des similaires sur d'autres ouvrages de Simone de Beauvoir, dans les années suivantes.
196380796Sous étui bordé et sous chemise en demi-rhodoid à petits recouvrements. Reliure maroquin ébène encadrant les plats de daim chocolat avec sur le premier plat un grand rectangle de box caramel, titre et date en grandes capitales mosai?que?es de box paillete?, chaque initiale dans un carre? incruste? de box brun fonce?, lettre en box blanc. Dos lisse orné de petits rectangles de box brun et bleu ciel, ceux-ci avec les initiale du titre, nom de l'auteur et date en lettres dorées. Tête dorée. Couverture et dos conservés. Reliure signée P.-L. MARTIN - 1964.
