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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Didion, Joan
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
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. A fantastic copy of a book not normally seen in such nice condition. A collection of autobiographical essays on California in the sixties; the author's first nonfiction book.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945944
- Title
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- Author
- Didion, Joan
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- California, counterculture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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