Royal octavo, softcover, Near fine in white wraps Clean and unmarked. Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. 288 pp.
Size: 6x1x9; First Edition Stated. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good dust jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. Foxing on edges. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1987. Jacket has chipped edges. Boards have light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
NY: Knopf, 1987. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 275. Edges slightly spotted, nick to the rear dj panel, o/w a nice copy in slightly soiled dj. An extraordinary novel of slavery and its residual wounds, fears, and memories.
Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0394535979 . 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 .
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.
This is the hardcover only stated Knopf Edition from September 1987. Other than the tiniest bit of wear to the dj, the book is in excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find HISTORICAL FICTION / LITERARY COLLECTIBLE.Like New
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