Signed books and manuscripts by Simone de Beauvoir

First edition on ordinary paper.
Four stains on the slightly sunned spine and at the foot of the back cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to Madame Mandinaud.
Madame Mandinaud was Simone de Beauvoir's official typist. She transcribed all the writer's works, including Les Mandarins which won the Prix Goncourt in 1954.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Three stains on the slightly sunned spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to Madame Mandinaud.
Madame Mandinaud was Simone de Beauvoir's dedicated typist. She transcribed all the writer's works.

Edition of the same year as the first edition, one of the numbered copies.
Publisher's binding in full purple cloth boards, smooth spine with slight discoloration at foot.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to Micheline Lalin.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Small light angular stains on the covers, otherwise a handsome copy.
Pencil annotations by the dedicatee on the rear endpaper.
Signed autograph inscription from Simone de Beauvoir to photographer Serge Tamagnot.

Edition from the same year as the original.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to Madame Gousseau.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Small rust stains on the first endpaper, small stains to the upper right corner of the title page, otherwise a handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to photographer Serge Tamagnot.

Autograph letter signed by Simone de Beauvoir consisting of 9 lines addressed to Antoinette Boulesteix, with envelope enclosed.
A central fold inherent to the mailing and an envelope mark at the foot of the letter, the envelope and letter having been glued together then separated.
"Chère mademoiselle,
je suis très touchée de cette lettre mais je n'ai pas le temps de rencontrer votre mère. Je quitte Paris pour aller me reposer à la campagne. Dites lui mes regrets, et croyez à mes meilleurs sentiments. Simone de Beauvoir." ["Dear Mademoiselle, I am very touched by this letter but I do not have time to meet your mother. I am leaving Paris to go rest in the countryside. Give her my regrets, and believe in my best sentiments. Simone de Beauvoir."]