The jacket price was clipped from the flap. A beautiful, tight, clean book. The dustjacket is now protected in a new, removable archival sleeve.; Stated first edition.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 275 pages.
"A dense, complex novel that yields up its secrets one by one. As Morrison takes us deeper into the principal character's history and her memories, the horrifying circumstances of her baby's death start to make terrible sense. The narrative builds inexorably to its powerful conclusion. The defining novel of slavery in America, the one that all others will be measured by" (Alex Wilbur). The literary critic Patricia Storace has summed up Morrison's achievement brilliantly: "Toni Morrison is relighting the angles from which we view American history, changing the very color of its shadows, showing whites what they look like in black mirrors. To read her work is to witness something unprecedented, an invitation to a literature to become what it has claimed to be, a truly American literature" (Patricia Storace). Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977, the Pulitzer Prize in 1988, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. "Beloved" was selected by The New York Times panel of writers, editors, and critics as the single most important work of American fiction of the last 25 years. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 275 p. A first edition copy of Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Near fine in near-fine price-clipped dustjacket in mylar cover.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987 First Edition with no additional printings listed on the copyright page. Hardcover with original price of $18.95 on top of the front dj flap. In first state dustjacket with "9/87"(denoting the first printing, September 1987.) 275 pages. The author's masterpiece, and winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Made into a superb film. One inch by half-inch light stain to the top side of the front freepaper. Small paperclip indentation on the top edge of the first two pages. No interior writing or marks. A near fine dustjacket over a very good and solid book. In clear Brodart protective book cover. Ships in well-padded box.
Knopf, 1987 Knopf New York, 1987. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very good in a fine dust jacket. Slight bruising to corners. Slight foxing to top edge. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap. Comes with archival-quality Mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free shop.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine.
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1987. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1987 Knopf FIRST edition/FIRST printing from the late and highly honored author. Beloved won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This book is in NearFine/NearFine condition. The DJ is price clipped but shows only very minor wear. The hardback is intact with no marks, lettering bends or folds. A wonderful copy of a classic and one of the great works of modern fiction from the1993 Nobel Prize Winner.
New York: Knopf, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition of the Pulitzer-prize winning novel that was widely hailed as Morrison's masterwork. Made into a movie in 1993 directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Oprah Winfrey. A very collectible copy, clean and tight and bright. 275 pages. 9.5" x 6.5". Fine copy in fine unclipped dust jacket.
1st Printing. First printing of what some believe to be Morrison's finest novel. A nearly fine copy, lightly rubbed and with one bump to bottom edge of cloth. Dust jacket free of tears, not price-clipped, lightly toned, with light crinkling at top and bottom of spine.
Knopf New York, 1987. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very good in a fine dust jacket. Slight bruising to corners. Slight foxing to top edge. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap. Comes with archival-quality Mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free shop.
1987 Knopf FIRST edition/FIRST printing from the late and highly honored author. Beloved won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This book is in NearFine/NearFine condition. The DJ is price clipped but shows only very minor wear. The hardback is intact with no marks, lettering bends or folds. A wonderful copy of a classic and one of the great works of modern fiction from the1993 Nobel Prize Winner.
Size: 6x1x9; Inscribed by author Toni Morrison at fly leaf to a previous owner. Third printing. No jacket. Speckled cream cloth with silver titling and decoration, faintly bumped to spine ends and lightly to top fore-edge corner of front panel. Spine square. Binding cracked at half title, intact, and else sound. Pages bright, text unmarked.
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