GO ASK ALICE - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY & FIRST EDITION

Anonymous (attributed to Beatrice Sparks)

Published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1971

About this Item

1. Go As Alice - Uncorrected Proof Copy. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (21cm); original yellow card wrappers, with titles printed in red on front cover, the publisher's printed pre-publication label mounted directly beneath, and blurbs by Art Linkletter and Dr. Myron Greenbaum printed in red on rear cover; [viii],159.[1]pp. Gentle sunning to spine and upper wrapper extremities, mild dust-soil to covers, a few faint splash marks to label, with faint foxing to text edges; contents clean; Very Good+. 2. Go As Alice. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); yellow cloth, titled in black on spine; dustjacket; [viii],159,[1]pp. Hint of foxing to text edges, with a few faint foxed spots to covers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.95), showing some trivial wear to extremities, two tiny tears to lower front panel, with some attendant creasing and a very shallow tide mark; Very Good+. Proof copy and first edition of this anonymously-written work of young adult fiction, charting an unnamed diarist's descent into addiction and self-destructive behavior after being introducted to LSD. Speculation about the book's authenticity and true authorship have been circulating since the late 1970s, though the book is now attributed to Beatrice Sparks (1917-2012), who at the time of publication was a Mormon youth counselor and aspiring writer in her 50s. The book was a publishing sensation, selling millions of copies, and continuously in print since 1971. While the book was adapted for TV in 1973 (starring Jamie Smith-Jackson and William Shatner), its real legacy is being one of the key works establishing the commercial potential of young adult fiction. Elusive in the first printing, with the proof state being genuinely uncommon.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: GO ASK ALICE - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY & FIRST EDITION
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ
• Publication Date: 1971
• Edition: First Edition.
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