BEAUVOIR (Simone de). Une Mort très douce. Paris, Gallimard, 1964. In-12, half black morocco, boards covered with paper with visible fibres, smooth spine, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, slipcase (M. de Bellefroid). First edition. One of 40 first copies on Hollande vellum. Une Mort très douce is the account of the last months of Simone de Beauvoir's mother, who was suffering from cancer. Jean-Paul Sartre is said to have considered it the best book she ever wrote.