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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First editions of the Nobel Prize-winning author's Beloved trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison in each volume. Each are fine in a fine dust jackets.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1987. Beloved / You are my sister / You are my daughter / You are my face; you are me First edition, first printing, signed by the author on the title page. This winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is Morrison's most acclaimed work. A film adaptation, starring Oprah Winfrey, was released in 1998. Writing in the New York Times, John Irving described the work as "another triumph" and praised Morrison's "versatility and technical and emotional range [which] appear to know no bounds... Beloved is written in an antiminimalist prose that is by turns rich, graceful, eccentric, rough, lyrical, sinuous, colloquial and very much to the point" (29 March 1987). Octavo. Original cream cloth, spine lettering and front cover decoration in silver, publisher's device on rear cover in blind. With dust jacket. Cloth lightly mottled, faint endpaper offsetting, contents fresh; jacket sharp and not price-clipped: a near-fine copy in fine jacket.

New York: Hyperion, 1998.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1987. Beloved / You are my sister / You are my daughter / You are my face; you are me First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the first blank, "For Nancy. Best wishes, Toni Morrison". Beloved is Morrison's most acclaimed work and earned her the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A film adaptation, starring Oprah Winfrey, was released in 1998. Writing in the New York Times, John Irving described the work as "another triumph" and praised Morrison's "versatility and technical and emotional range [which] appear to know no bounds... Beloved is written in an antiminimalist prose that is by turns rich, graceful, eccentric, rough, lyrical, sinuous, colloquial and very much to the point" (29 March 1987). Octavo. Original cream cloth, spine lettering and front cover decoration in silver, publisher's device on rear cover in blind. With dust jacket. Cloth lightly mottled, foxing to top edge, faint endpaper offsetting, contents clean; jacket slightly creased, mild… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Early printing of the author's fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Gail Shaw Toni Morrison." Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari. Set in post-Civil War Ohio, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel concerns a runaway slave and her daughter, whose lives are disrupted by a former slave, a spirit and a woman named Beloved. "A masterwork. . . . I can’t imagine American literature without it" (John Leonard, Los Angeles Times). It was the basis for the movie Beloved, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandie Newton.

Knopf, 1987. first. hardcover. fine/fine. INSCRIBED first edition, as stated on copyright page. Book fine, foxing to top edge. Dust jacket fine.

New York: Knopf, 1987. First. hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket, inscribed by Toni Morrison and dated in the year of publication, 1987. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. Very minor soiling to top edge. Laid in is a promotional sheet for the movie.

Stated First Edition. In near fine condition, clean and unmarked, cloth boards without wear, in a near fine dust jacket with publisher's price intact. Signed by Toni Morrison on the title page.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394535979 . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 288 pages; [SIGNED] 1987 Alfred A Knopf. HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Soundly bound and clean in uniformly bright title lettered dust jacket with publisher's $18.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Signed by Morrison on the title page. Jacket with just mild shelf rubbing to edges and surfaces. Sound binding and clean contents with no marks. Binding with the feel of a careful prior reading. Solid and neat copy of Morrison's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, one of the high points of late 20th century American Literature. VG+/VG+; Signed by Author .

Knopf, 1987. first. hardcover. fine/fine. SIGNED first edition, as stated on copyright page. Book fine, very slight discoloration on paste-downs and end papers. Dust jacket fine, very slight tanning to spine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. 1st. Hardcover. 0394535979 . Faint toning to the spine and top edge of front panel of dustjacket - see image. ; Signed by the author on the title page. Both book and dustjacket are in pristine condition - exception noted. First edition. Dustjacket is protected in a Mylar sleeve. Previous purchase Invoice for $800.00 from reputable dealer is laid in. Author won Pulitzer prize and Nobel Award in Literature. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and basis of the film. Toni Morrison won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature. A beautiful copy.

New York: Knopf.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394535979 . First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edge. ) Pulitzer Prize winner and basis for a film adaptation. Considered by many the author's finest book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages .

New York: Knopf. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394535979 . First edition. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Faint trace of foxing at top edge. ) Pulitzer Prize winner and basis for a film adaptation. Considered by many the author's best book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages .

London: Chatto & Windus, n-d [1987]. First UK edition. Advance reading copy in glossy pictorial paperwraps with front cover mimicking the eventual dust jacket design but with "A magnificent novel of freedom, and the freedom to love" at top, small black-and-white photo of Morrison near center, and "Uncorrected Proof" at bottom. Rear cover text notes publication date "12 October 1987"; the book is "Already acclaimed in America as one of the greatest novels of the decade"; and "US paperback rights sold for $1 million," among other info. Near fine with light creasing at corners and slight bulge along spine from a bit of excess binding glue. Scarce.

New York: Knopf, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket with a touch of sunning to the spine and top edge of the front panel. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988. A lovely copy of this classic work. Named by The New York Times as the best work of fiction in the past 25 years in a survey done in 2006.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition, first printing of Beloved by Toni Morrison.. Octavo, 275pp. Beige cloth, title in silver on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint foxing to edges, a near fine example. Embossed ownership stamp to front free endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, $18.95 retail price, faint toning to top edge, shelf wear, a near fine example.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case for the great Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison's BELOVED. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished black Nuba® with red sides and a 'sculpted design of a woman in a heart. Each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. We can add special text if necessary such as "Signed" Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100… Read More

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1987. 1. Very Good. Toni Morrison--author of Song of Solomon and Tar Baby--is a writer of remarkable powers: her novels, brilliantly acclaimed for their passion, their dazzling language and their lyric and emotional force, combine the unassailable truths of experience and emotion with the vision of legend and imagination.It is the story--set in post-Civil War Ohio--of Sethe, an escaped slave who has risked death in order to wrench herself from a living death; who has lost a husband and buried a child; who has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad: a woman of "iron eyes and backbone to match." Sethe lives in a small house on the edge of town with her daughter, Denver, her mother-in-law, Baby Suggs, and a disturbing, mesmerizing intruder who calls herself Beloved.Sethe works at "beating back the past," but it is alive in all of them. It keeps Denver fearful of straying from the house. It fuels the sadness that has settled into Baby Suggs' "desolated center where… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf. Collectible - Very Good/Very Good. 1987. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. (S263) .