Stated second printing of Didion's second book and first nonfiction collection, collecting her favorite pieces of journalism from the prior decade writing for Vogue and the Saturday Evening Post. The book would become a formative text for the emerging "New Journalism" movement and cement Didion's reputation not only as a social critic but for her razor-sharp and razor-thin prose style. Boards soiled and toned with light fading to gilt lettering and some edge wear, binding remains square and internally bright and clean; About Very Good. Hardcover octavo in cream boards backed with orange cloth. Lettering stamped in gilt to spine and decorative blindstamping to ffront board. Yellow endpapers. xvi,238pp. No dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 2516

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Title: Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York

Publication Date: 1968

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First Edition, second printing.

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