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Slouching Toward Bethlehem
by Didion, Joan
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- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1968. First. hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine first edition (First Printing, 1968, stated on copyright page) in a near fine dust jacket. Author's second book and first book of essays. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Original price of $4.95 still on front flap.
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
- Bookbid Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2201038
- Title
- Slouching Toward Bethlehem
- Author
- Didion, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
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Bookbid Rare Books
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Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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