First Edition of Joan Didion's Miami; Signed by Her
Miami.
Didion, Joan.
$300.00Item Number: 74032
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987.
First edition of this “kaleidoscope of impressions, and a litany of violence, intrigue, vengeance, and political manipulation, and broken dreams” (Boston Globe). Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a small stain to the verso of the jacket. Jacket design by Koppell & Scher.
As Didion follows Miami's drift into a Third World capital, she also locates its position in the secret history of the Cold War, from the Bay of Pigs to the Reagan doctrine and from the Kennedy assassination to the Watergate break-in. Miami is not just a portrait of a city, but a masterly study of immigration and exile, passion, hypocrisy, and political violence.
Other Books by this Author
"The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language": First Edition of Slouching Towards Bethlehem; Signed by Joan Didion
Didion, Joan.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.
First edition of what many consider her magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light wear. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. A very nice example.
Price: $1,800.00
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"We tell ourselves stories in order to live": First Edition of The White Album; Signed by Joan Didion
Didion, Joan.
The White Album.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $750.00
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“A SINGLE PERSON IS MISSING FOR YOU, AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS EMPTY": FIRST EDITION OF JOAN DIDION'S THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING; SIGNED BY HER
Didion, Joan.
The Year of Magical Thinking.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of the account of the year following the death of the author’s husband. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $375.00
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First Edition of Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays; Signed by Her
Didion, Joan.
Play It As It Lays.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970.
First edition of Didion’s third book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Photograph of the author by Julian Wasser. Designed by Guy Fleming. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,300.00
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First Edition of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking; Warmly Inscribed by Her
Didion, Joan.
The Year of Magical Thinking.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of the account of the year following the death of the author’s husband. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John Rojans with thanks. Joan Didion.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $500.00
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"we were each other, we were each other, not that it mattered much in the long run but what else mattered as much": First Edition of the author’s first book run river; Signed by Joan Didion
Didion, Joan.
Run River.
New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 1963.
First edition of the Didion’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Contemporary bookplate to the front free endpaper, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Anthony Post.
Price: $1,350.00
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First Edition of Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays; Signed by Her
Didion, Joan.
Play It As It Lays.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970.
First edition of Didion’s third book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Photograph of the author by Julian Wasser. Designed by Guy Fleming. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,500.00
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First Edition of Joan Didion's Political Fictions; Signed by Her
Didion, Joan.
Political Fictions.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $400.00
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“We all remember what we need to remember”: First Edition of Joan Didion's A Book of Common Prayer; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
Didion, Joan.
A Book of Common Prayer.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977.
First edition of Didion’s fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Joan Didion in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $750.00
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We Tell Ourselves Stories In Order TO Live; Signed by Joan Didion
Didion, Joan; Introduction by John Leonard.
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live.
New York: Everyman's Library, 2006.
Early printing of this Everyman’s Library’s compilation of the author’s collected non-fiction work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by John Leonard.
Price: $400.00
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“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty": First Edition of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking; Signed by Her
Didion, Joan.
The Year of Magical Thinking.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of the account of the year following the death of the author’s husband. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $375.00
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