ANONYMOUS. Go Ask Alice. Englewood Cliff, NJ: Prentice-Hall [1971]. 8vo, [viii] 159pp. Yellow cloth with spine stamped in black. Orange endpapers. Spine ends a tad rubbed, edges of sheets a tad foxed, else a remarkable clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (two tiny closed chips to front panel and some associated creasing).

 

First edition. This groundbreaking anonymous novel presented in diary form follows a teenage girl as she descends on a journey of self-destructive escapism. A widely popular bestseller upon release, and praised at the time for conveying a powerful message about the dangers of drug abuse, this early cautionary teen tale is one of the most frequently challenged books.