Black cloth cover has turned in spine caps and a very light bump to upper front corner but clean, bright, and overall in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket has a sunned spine, light wear, a one inch abrasion where a sticker may have been removed, and very modest soiling but overall in good+ condition. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ).; 8.4 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 352 pages.
This rare find is in good + condition with some fading of the book's covers at the top of the spine, as are the red pages at the top. Please see photos to make a determination regarding the condition. The pages are lightly yellowed but clean and crisp with the exception of one dog ear and small stain on one page, and a red smudge on the title page. As well, the front end sheet has the price of $8 written in pencil. The binding is mint, and the book is solid. The dust jacket has wear and creases and minor tears at the top and bottom of the spine and at the top and bottom edges. The back top of the dust jacket has been taped. Rare book praise from James Baldwin on the back of the dust jacket. This is a stated first edition Borzoi book with the book club edition printed on the dust jacket. Please see photos to note the book's description.
Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Black cloth cover has turned in spine caps otherwise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket has a sunned spine with very modest wear but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ).; 8.4 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 352 pages.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. 340 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few short tears to top edges. Spine a bit sunned. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, a novel of large beauty and power, creates a magical world out of four generations of black life in America, a world we enter on the day of the birth of Macon Dead, Jr. (known as Milkman), son of the richest black family in a mid-western town; the day on which the lonely insurance man, Robert Smith, poised in blue silk wings, attempts to fly from a steeple of the hospital, a black Icarus looking homeward...We see Milkman growing up in his father's money-haunted, death-haunted house with his silent sisters and strangely passive mother, beginning to move outward--through...Knopf,Stated First Edition , First Printing, 08/12/1977. Book in good condition, tight no soilig,text clear and neat. DJ not so great, some tears, and shelfwear. Unclipped dj $8.95, colors are bright no fading. Have not attempted repairs..
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf, 1977. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Fully near fine book but three tips are nudged. Insignificant offsetting to pastedown/first endpaper from a leather bookmark. Jacket has a one inch closed tear to front panel. Spine has usual mild sunning, but is o/w bright.
340 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few short tears to top edges. Spine a bit sunned. Contents very nice.
Dust Jacket spine a trifle sunned. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ohio; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0394497848. ISBN/EAN: 9780394497846. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10305.
Knopf, NY, 1977. 1st edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Very Good. Dust Jacket spine a trifle sunned. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ohio; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0394497848. ISBN/EAN: 9780394497846. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10305. . 9780394497846
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. 1 inch closed tear on bottom front gutter. Small closed tear on spine crown. ; 352 pages.
Dust Jacket spine a trifle sunned. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ohio; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0394497848. ISBN/EAN: 9780394497846. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10305.
NY:: Knopf,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0394497848 . Second printing. SIGNED by the author on front endpage. Very good or better in like (a bit sun faded along the spine) dust jacket.; 337 pages; Signed by Author .
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 337 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine yellow with red and black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$8.95." Light chipping along edges of jacket. Light soiling to front cover. Top edge of textblock dyed red. Interior pages clean. Signed bookplate by Toni Morrison inserted in rear of jacket. DL consignment. Shelved Case 7. 1392714. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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