The Year of Magical Thinking -- True First Printing Signed + Event Flyer
by Didion, Joan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Sacramento, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First printing of the first edition. Near-fine with lower two corners bumped, otherwise clean and tight. In a fine price-clipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY JOAN DIDION on the title page. Includes the flier from the Barnes & Noble event in New York City where Didion signed the book in November 2011.
Synopsis
The Year of Magical Thinking (2005), by Joan Didion (b. 1934), is an account of the year following the death of the author's husband John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003). Published by Knopf in October 2005, the book was immediately acclaimed as a classic in the genre of mourning literature. It won the National Book Award in November 2005 and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Biography/Autobiography.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Magus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008857
- Title
- The Year of Magical Thinking -- True First Printing Signed + Event Flyer
- Author
- Didion, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
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About the Seller
Magus Books
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Sacramento, California
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