The Mandarins.

First American edition and first English edition of the novel for which de Beuvoir won the Prix Goncourt, awarded to the best and most imaginative prose work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Translated from the French by Leonard M. Friedman. Dust jacket design by Laszlo Matulay. A signed limited edition of The Mandarins was printed, in our experience trade editions signed by de Beuvoir are rare.