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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987 Book Club Edition (does not state "First Edition" on the copyright page, but copyright and title both have 1987 as year of publication). No price on dustjacket. 8vo. Cloth. 275 p. A novel set in post-Civil War Ohio, it features escaped slave Sethe and an intruder named Beloved. A spotless copy. A perfect copy, fine in fine dustjacket.

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.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing of Morrison's masterpiece, based on the true story of Margaret Garner, a fugitive slave who killed her daughter upon capture in order to prevent her from experiencing the horrors of slavery. A moving and haunting portrait, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and the central work in Morrison's oeuvre. 9.25'' x 6.5''. Original white cloth, gravestone angel silver-stamped on front board, silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($18.95) white dust jacket printed in red and green designed by R.D. Scudellari, with photographic portrait of Morrison on back panel. Fore edge machine deckle. [10], 276, [2] pages. Very slight lean. Faint sunning to spine. Overall, bright and sharp.

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.

Library stamp on ffep. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. Ex libris.

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.

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.