An American Icon: Property from the Collection of Joan Didion
Wed, Nov 16, 2022 11:00AM EST
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Lot 1
Joan Didion (Group One) from the Library of Joan Didion
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for
$15,000
Sold Price excludes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $0 | $25 |
| $200 | $50 |
| $500 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $100,000 | $5,000 |
Including: Run River, first edition, 1963; A Book of Common Prayer, first edition, 1977; Democracy, first edition 1984; The Last Thing He Wanted, soft cover, 1996; Vintage Didion, soft cover, 2004; The 1960s & 1970s, 2019; Slouching Towards Bethlehem, soft cover, 1979; The White Album, first edition, 1979; Salvador, 1983; Miami, 1987; After Henry, 1987; Political Fictions, 2001; Fixed Ideas, 2003; Where I Was From, 2003; The Year of Magical Thinking, 2005; Blue Nights, 2011; South and West, 2017; Let Me Tell You What I Mean, 2021; The Year of Magical Thinking, a Play by Joan Didion, 2007; and Joan Didion Essays and Conversations, edited by Ellen G. Friedman, 1984. All with bookplates from the Library of Joan Didion.
Note: This lot includes the majority of Didion's published books. Of her writing, Didion said "I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see, and what it means." (from Why I Write, 1976).
Condition
Collection from Stair
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