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. Signed by Didion to the front free endpaper.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Quarter black cloth over red boards, original jacket ; pp. 223. A near fine copy in a very good or better, unclipped dust jacket. Binding sturdy, minimal wear to boards, traces of spotting to top edge of text block. Internally clean and fine, perhaps unread. The dust jacket shows just traces of shelfwear and toning, a few creases to flaps A nice copy, scarce signed. Protected in archival mylar.