DIDION, Joan.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
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First Edition of Let Me Tell You What I Mean; Signed by Joan Didion and Twice by Jacket Designer Carol Devine Carson
First edition of this collection of twelve previously unpublished essays by Joan Didion. Duodecimo, original publisher’s gray boards. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed by dust jacket designer Carol Devine Carson on the front panel and rear jacket flap. As longtime art director at Alfred A. Knopf, Carol Devine Carson designed jackets for authors including Joan Didion, Julian Barnes, Lorrie Moore, Graham Swift, and Maya Angelou, relying on a mastery of typography as often as imagery to carry a book's tone. She also mentored a generation of designers, including Chip Kidd, reorienting late-twentieth-century book cover design toward the jacket as a serious visual companion to the text it enclosed. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Uncommon signed.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean (2021) by Joan Didion is a sharp, elegant, and often quietly revealing collection of previously uncollected essays that trace the development of one of America’s most distinctive literary voices. Spanning her early career from 1968 to 2000, the essays move effortlessly between cultural commentary, political observation, and reflections on the craft of writing, including her celebrated piece “Why I Write.” With her signature precision and cool intelligence, Didion examines subjects ranging from Nancy Reagan and Martha Stewart to the shifting landscape of journalism, all while revealing moments of self-doubt and artistic formation. The collection became a New York Times bestseller, reaffirming Didion’s enduring influence and the continued fascination with her incisive, deeply personal approach to nonfiction.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean.
$1,200.00
In Stock
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