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First Hardcover Edition. This play was Shange's first book, originally published in wraps in 1975 by Shameless Hussy Press. An Off-Broadway production soon moved to Broadway, where it received several awards and was nominated for a Tony, a Grammy and an Emmy. Tyler Perry's 2010 film version, For Colored Girls, stars Kimberly Elise, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Thandie Newton, Whoopi Goldberg, and Phylicia Rashad. Neat owner name on front endpaper, else fine in fine dustjacket.

First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning and creasing on the front flap. Author's first book. Basis for the 2010 film starring Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Thandiwe Newton, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, and Macy Gray.

First hardcover edition. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Hint of faint foxing at edges. )

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1977 First hard cover edition, stated first printing. Author's first book. The book's first appearance was in paperback, published in 1975 by Shameless Hussy Press. Faint toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with light toning to top edge of inside flaps, else fine. A lovely copy.

New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing co, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 64 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price clipped, has general shelving wear. Boards have bending wear along the head fore corners, chipping along the tail edges and rear head fore corner, and age toning along the head/tail edges. Textblock has inscription from a previous owner on the front end-page, and mild age toning and discoloration along the edges. Dated "1998" and signed by Ntozake Shange on the title page. Shelved in Case 0. 1394494. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Light browning to the edges of the front and rear jacket flaps. A celebration of being black and being a woman, told in poetry and prose, first presented at the Bacchanal, a woman's bar outside Berkeley, Calif. She called the performances choreopoem. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page.

Book. Octavo, 64 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price clipped, has general shelving wear. Boards have bending wear along the head fore corners, chipping along the tail edges and rear head fore corner, and age toning along the head/tail edges. Textblock has inscription from a previous owner on the front end-page, and mild age toning and discoloration along the edges. Dated "1998" and signed by Ntozake Shange on the title page. Shelved in Case 0. 1394494. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Macmillan, 1977. 1st Edition. 1/2 cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Boards with half cloth. Previous owner's name in ink on front fly leaf. DJ price clipped. First edition. Signed by author on title page.