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Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Paperback Edition. First UK paperback edition. The book was first published in hardback by Maurice Temple Smith in 1973. ***Near fine in illustrated card covers, just slightly rubbed at the edges. The covers are clean and unmarked. No reading lean to the binding. No reading creases to the spine. Spine tight. Internally near fine, with neat ownership name and date to the top of the first printed page. Pages clean - just slightly tanned paper stock. ***383 pages including extensive notes and indexes. 198mm x 128mm. ***'This collection of extracts from contemporary writers on the position of women in European society throughout history stands in a class quite its own.' (The Economist) ***'It adds a whole new dimension to the study of history, from antiquity to the present.' (New Society) - review quotes taken from the back cover. ***A first printing of the Virago Press paperback edition, in lovely condition. A Feminist Classic, published by Virago as a paperback original. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.