Hardcover 8vo in blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Very good condition, some edge wear to DJ, chip at foot of DJ spine, a couple of stains to spine, one to front cover, large scratch to back of DJ as well as some discolouration. Slight toning to edges of page block. Pp. 209-240 bound in darker paper stock.

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Title: The Rocking of the Cradle: and the Ruling of the World
Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd, London
Publication Date: 1978
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0285648535
ISBN 13: 9780285648531
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st UK Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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"A seminal text in the women's movement."–Ethel S. Person, author of The Sexual Century"Still the most important work of feminist psychoanalytic exploration, its re-release is a celebratory occasion."–Eli Sagan, author of Freud, Women and Mortality"[ The Mermaid and the Minotaur ] continues to astonish us with the depth and wisdom of its psychoanalytic approach even as its major ideas have become as unobtrusively essential to psychoanalytic feminism as the atmosphere."–Jessica Benjamin, author of The Bonds of Love

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