The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. & E. B. White (Macmillan Paperbacks)
There are many covers and editions of this book; this is the cover that was most popular when I was in high school, and the edition that I had. And yes, this is the same E. B. White who wrote Charlotte's Web. I don't know when I passed it on; anyone reading my prose could argue I should have kept it and referred to it more often. I still have problems with lay and lie, especially in the past tense, no matter how many times I've looked up the rule. The color was pinker, more like this copy:
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