Description
MORRISON, Toni. Beloved. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First Edition. First Printing. 8vo. 24 cm tall. 275 pages. ISBN: 0-394-53597-9. Publisher’s full white cloth over boards. Copyright page states “First Edition” with no other printing indications present, conforming to the publisher’s convention for first printings. Dust jacket priced $18.95 on front flap (unclipped). Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Ownership inscription on front pastedown. Mild toning to dust jacket.
- Toni Morrison’s 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner and 1987 National Book Award for Fiction finalist.
- A cornerstone modern first that precedes Morrison’s 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature award (which made her the first African American woman to win the award).
- Adapted into the 1998 film starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandiwe Newton.
