L'Existentialisme et La Sagesse des Nations

Title: L'Existentialisme et La Sagesse des Nations

Author: De Beauvoir, Simone

Publication: Paris: Les Editions Nagel, 1948.

Description: An influential collection of essays by the feminist and existentialist philosopher Simone De Beauvoir. First edition thus, these essays originally appeared in the journal Les Temps Modernes in December 1945. This edition consists of 85 numbered copies, 20 lettered copies, and 18 hors-commerce copies. This is an unnumbered, unlettered copy. Custom-bound in full beige cloth, with silver lettering on a purple background on the spine. 7.25 x 4.75 inches; 164, [4] pages. Annotation by a former owner ("Paris 1949") on front free endpaper, leaves somewhat toned, and original wrappers wanting, but overall, a Very Good+ and collectible copy. Includes the following essays: L'Existentialisme et la Sagesse des Nations, Idéalisme Moral et Réalisme Politique, Littérature et Métaphysique, and Oeil pour Oeil. Part of the publisher's "Collection Pensées" series.