Joan Didion (1943-2021) Two First Editions.

Joan Didion (1943-2021)

Two First Editions.

1) Slouching Towards Bethlehem. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. First edition, stated first printing, octavo; bound in publisher's orange cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers, orange topstain; in the pictorial dust jacket (price clipped, long tear to front flap fold, minor soiling and edgewear; faint discoloration to board edges); 8 x 5 ¼ in.

2) Play It As It Lays. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. First edition, stated first printing, octavo; bound in publisher's blind-stamped red and black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, black endpapers; in the unclipped dust jacket designed by Janet Halverson (light toning and scuffing to jacket, short creases to spine panel end); 8 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.

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