The White Album, Joan Didion
First edition, first printing of Didon's celebrated second collection of essays, with the titular essay being chosen by Publisher's Weekly as one of the 10 most important essays since 1950.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Quarter black cloth over red boards, original jacket ; pp. 223. A near fine copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding is sturdy and square, minimal wear to boards with just a trace of rubbing, internally clean and fine. Jacket show minor shelfwear, a bit of toning with some foxing near spine crown, creasing to flaps. A very presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.