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DE BEAUVOIR, Simone (1908-1986). The Mandarins. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1956]. 8vo. [611], [1, blank] pp. Publisher’s blue cloth backstrip over red cloth, boards and spine stamped in gilt, spine lettered in white, publisher’s unclipped (“$6.00”) double-sided dust jacket (cloth spine with paint spot near headcap, lower rear board dampstained, text not dampstained; jacket spine sunned, chipped torn, tape repair to spine on verso, lower portion of jacket dampstained, jacket panels creased, some edgewear). Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY DE BEAUVOIR ON AN INSERTED LIMITATION LEAF. This title won the prestigious French literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, in 1954.