The Woman Destroyed (First English Edition)
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First edition in English. First published as La Femme Rompue in 1967. London: Collins, 1969. 8vo. Original red publisher's cloth hardcover in original price-clipped dust jacket. Pages: 255.
A triptych of novellas by the author of The Second Sex, each an examination of a different facet of female vulnerability: aging, loneliness, rejection. The three stories are "The Age of Discretion," "The Monologue," and "The Woman Destroyed." The work consists of "three short novellas on the theme of women's vulnerability – in the first, to the process of ageing", exploring the complex experiences of mature women during unexpected life transitions.
Very good in like dust jacket. Dust jacket price-clipped, mild toning to edges and some rubbing at spine edges and at corners. Hardcover boards have some rubbing, otherwise very good. Contents have mild age toning and a few dark watermarks on foredge. Previous owners signature inked on FFEP. Overall, contents clean and bright.
This book is currently not on display in store.
If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: [email protected]
Original: $64.34
-65%$64.34
$22.52
Description
SOLD
First edition in English. First published as La Femme Rompue in 1967. London: Collins, 1969. 8vo. Original red publisher's cloth hardcover in original price-clipped dust jacket. Pages: 255.
A triptych of novellas by the author of The Second Sex, each an examination of a different facet of female vulnerability: aging, loneliness, rejection. The three stories are "The Age of Discretion," "The Monologue," and "The Woman Destroyed." The work consists of "three short novellas on the theme of women's vulnerability – in the first, to the process of ageing", exploring the complex experiences of mature women during unexpected life transitions.
Very good in like dust jacket. Dust jacket price-clipped, mild toning to edges and some rubbing at spine edges and at corners. Hardcover boards have some rubbing, otherwise very good. Contents have mild age toning and a few dark watermarks on foredge. Previous owners signature inked on FFEP. Overall, contents clean and bright.
This book is currently not on display in store.
If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: [email protected]
