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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. 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 .