Slouching Towards Bethlehem -- Signed by Joan Didion
by Didion, Joan
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
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Sacramento, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near-fine copy, fresh and clean inside and out with a touch of bumping to two corners and an extremely faint crease to the bottom corner of the pages. In a near-fine dust jacket (price clipped) that is bright and clean with a trace of shelf wear. SIGNED BY JOAN DIDION on the title page (very scarce thus). A beautiful signed copy of Didion's second book, suitable to give as a gift. In it she describes her experiences in California during the 1960s, most famously her impressions of the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco during the neighborhood's heyday as a countercultural center. In contrast to the more Utopian image of the milieu promoted by counterculture sympathizers of the day, Didion offers a rather grim portrayal of the goings-on.
Synopsis
Slouching Towards Bethlehem is a 1968 collection of essays by Joan Didion and mainly describes her experiences in California during the 1960s. It takes its title from the poem "The Second Coming" by W.B. Yeats. The contents of this book are reprinted in Didion's We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction (2006). The title essay describes Didion's impressions of the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco during the neighborhood's heyday as a countercultural center.
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- Bookseller
- Magus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008841
- Title
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem -- Signed by Joan Didion
- Author
- Didion, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
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