The Second Sex (Le Deuxième Sexe)

Census claim substantially confirmed, with one date not asserted. The Gallimard two-volume French text of 1949 is the true first and the original-language edition. Knopf's 1953 New York edition is the first edition in English as well as the first American edition; the census gives February 1953, which the consulted sources do not corroborate to the month, so only the year is stated here. Jonathan Cape's London edition followed in October 1953, so the Knopf precedes it — note that one dealer describes the Cape as a 'simultaneous' edition, which the October dating does not support. Both English editions are collected, but the Knopf holds priority.