Kristeva, Julia.
Sēmeiōtikē: recherches pour une sémanalyse.
Paris:  Editions du Seuil, 1969. Collection "Tel Quel". Author-signed first edition of this collection of essays. 379 pages.
Softcover volume displays shelfwear, with staining to upper right corner of rear cover, loss of tips of outside corners of covers, mild creasing to spine, and a few small spots to front cover. Binding is sound. A small number of pages display marginalia and markings. First edition of this important early work is inscribed by the renowned Bulgarian-born French theorist to Hispanist Elis L. Rivers (1924-2013). Inscription on half title page reads "Pour E. L. Rivers / avec la sympathie de / Kristeva / a 25.11.1969."