The Feminine Mystique First Edition
For a first edition, first printing of The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (W.W. Norton, 1963), the first point to check: Copyright page: full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, below “Printed in the United States of America for the publishers by the Vail-Ballou Press, Inc.”
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How to identify this edition
These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of The Feminine Mystique.
✓ Copyright page: full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, below “Printed in the United States of America for the publishers by the Vail-Ballou Press, Inc.”
✓ Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, copyright 1963 by Betty Friedan, 410 pp.
✓ Dust jacket: red with white and black title lettering, quotes from Pearl S. Buck and Virgilia Peterson on the front panel
✓ Price: $5.95 on the front flap (unclipped); later printings kept the price, so it alone does not prove a first
✓ Binding: red or grayish-green paper-covered boards with blue or black cloth backstrip, titles stamped in gilt on the spine
Common questions
- How do I know if my copy of The Feminine Mystique is a first edition, first printing?
- ✓ Copyright page: full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, below “Printed in the United States of America for the publishers by the Vail-Ballou Press, Inc.” ✓ Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, copyright 1963 by Betty Friedan, 410 pp. ✓ Dust jacket: red with white and black title lettering, quotes from Pearl S. Buck and Virgilia Peterson on the front panel ✓ Price: $5.95 on the front flap (unclipped)… The identification points above show each one.
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