Joan Didion / PLAY IT AS IT LAYS Signed 1st Edition 1970

Description: PLAY IT AS IT LAYS [Signed] Author: Didion, Joan Title: PLAY IT AS IT LAYS [Signed] Publication: New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970 Edition: First Edition, First Printing Description: Octavo, 214 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Faded orange spine with back lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$5.95", has mild shelving wear, mild wear along the extremities, stains on the spine, mild bending wear along the spine tail edge and along the flaps, and clipped on the front flap tail corner. Boards have stains on the rear board, mild wear along the extremities, and mild age-toning along the head and tail edges. Textblock has a stain on the verso of the "Also by..." page, moderate age-toning along the edges, and mild wear along the edges. Signed flat by Joan Didion on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 5. NOTES Born December 5, 1934, Joan Didion's early life was spent traveling around with her family as her father as a finance officer in the Army Air Corps, leading Joan to be an avid reader who pushed through her social anxieties through acting and public speaking. Didion would write her first novel during her time at "Vogue" in 1963, "Run, River", which Didion worked on together with her future husband John Gregory Dunne. It would be "Play It As It Lays", Didion's second novel which released in 1970, that would solidify her as a master of both fiction and non-fiction writing after her work "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" gained her great notoriety. "Play It As It Lays" was highly praised by critics, though the public had mixed reception many disliking the protagonist. Despite initially mixed reception, "Play It As It Lays" has remained an American classic, earning an inclusion on Time's " 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005" and a 1972 movie adaptation who's screenplay was co-written by Didion and her husband. Seller ID: 1388407 Subject: Dupont Circle, Literature Welcome to the eBay store of Second Story Books! DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have an extensive internet presence and provide accredited appraisals member ASA.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 2000 USD

Location: Rockville, Maryland

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