The Feminine Mystique
by Friedan, Betty
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1963. Third printing of Freidan's classic exposé of "the distorted image of femininity that pervades our culture", a cornerstone of modern feminist thought. Hardcover, quarter blue cloth over grey-green boards, gilt titling; in jacket, as pictured. Corners bumped; jacket a bit edgeworn with a few nicks & scuffs, spine badly faded, $5.95 price intact, minor tape stains to jacket & endsheets, minor foxing; ink name & note on free endsheet, damage to lower corners of four leaves in the prelims. Text clean; 410 pages; index, notes.. Later Printing. Quarter Cloth. Good/Good. 6" by 8½".
Synopsis
The Feminine Mystique, published 19 February 1963, is a book written by Betty Friedan which brought to light the lack of fulfillment in many women's lives, which was generally kept hidden.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0824
- Title
- The Feminine Mystique
- Author
- Friedan, Betty
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 6" by 8½"
- Keywords
- Feminism, Sociology, Psychology, Sexuality, Women's Studies
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Leaves
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...