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 remains tight and sturdy, minimal wear to boards with faint sunning. Owner’s name to flyleaf, else internally clean and fine. The dust jacket shows just traces light shelfwear and toning, a few creases to flaps. A nice copy, protected in archival mylar.