Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Didion, Joan
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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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
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US orders ship with signature confirmation .1968 hardcover stated 1st printing. No dj, A LOT of staining on cover and dampstaining near spine through whole book, other stains (on two pages from a paperclip and on some other pages looks like coffee) on some pages, one corner of cover frayed, denting/curling, title faded on spine ,some penciled underlining, soil on… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1969. Didion's earth-shattering essay collection, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, was an immediate success on its publication. It showcases Didion's lifelong obsessions, from essays on the culture of her native state of California, to reflections on writing and her personal values in 'On Keeping a Notebook' and "On Self-Respect". A quintessential book and cornerstone of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Farrar Straus Giroux, 1968-06-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.1000 8.1000 5.5000. Boldly signed by Joan Didion inside the front free end page. Stated first printing, 1968 on the copyright page. A copy that's been read. Some wear and creases to the jacket. There is a sticker on the front of the jacket. Pages are tanning. Item Price
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. Signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper, inscribed "For Nancy with thanks for enabling me to come to Philadelphia [signed] Joan Didion Nov. 23 '73". First edition, third printing. xviii, 238 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. A collection of… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 238pp. Trivial foxing to top edges of boards, and to the verso of the dust jacket, but otherwise a fine copy of a book rarely found so nice, with the spine panel entirely unfaded. Item Price
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New York: The Modern Library, 2000. First Modern Library edition of what many consider her magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick. Upon its publication in 1968, Slouching Towards Bethlehem confirmed Joan Didion as one of the most prominent… Read more about this item Item Price
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Didion, Joan
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Paperback / softback. New. Joan Didion's savage masterpiece, which, since first publication in 1968, has been acknowledged as an unparalleled report on the state of America during the upheaval of the Sixties Revolution. Item Price
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays (FSG Classics)
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Slouching towards Bethlehem.
by Didion, Joan
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
by Joan Didion
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New York: A Touchstone Book Published by Simon and Schuster, 1979. Reprint. Very Good. Reprint. Signed by Joan Didion and inscribed to a former owner on the publisher's imprint page. Bound in publisher's original pink and white wraps printed in yellow and black. Very Good with light edge wear and light spine creases, pages toned. A collection of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem (A Touchstone book)
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing stated. Bound in publisher's paper boards decorated in blind over orange cloth spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with paper clip indent and rust mark offsets at several leaves at front. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight edge wear.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays (FSG Classics)
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays (FSG Classics)
by Joan Didion
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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