The Sixties Catalogue

21 J u l y 2 0 2 0 “If There’s A List Of The Most Important Books Of The 20th Century, Feminine Mystique Is On It” ( New York Times ) 19. FRIEDAN, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. New York, 1963. Octavo, original half navy cloth, dust jacket. $1200. Click for more info First edition of Friedan’s electrifying and still controversial work. Nothing short of revolutionary, Friedan’s Feminine Mystique “ignited the contemporary women’s movement in 1963 and as a result permanently transformed the social fabric of the U.S. and countries around the world” ( New York Times ). Second-issue dust jacket, with quote by Virgilia Peterson on front panel, $5.95 on front flap. Owner inkstamps to preliminary blank and dedication page. Bookseller notation. Book fine; light edge-wear to near-fine dust jacket. “In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens.”