Joan Didion

The White Album

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979.

First edition, first printing. 224 pp., 8vo. Quarter navy cloth over red boards with white spine lettering. Dust jacket unclipped. Boards show some sunning/offsetting; jacket rubbed with edgewear; interior clean.

A landmark collection of personal essays by Joan Didion examining California culture, American unease, and the fractured myths of the late 1960s and 1970s. Didion’s cool, incisive voice helped define a major turn in American nonfiction.

A true first edition, offering strong collector value as one of Didion’s most important works.

. Very Good. Item #527

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