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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: 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.

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: Knopf, 1987. First Edition. Near fine/very good. 1st edition, 1st printing, inscribed by Morrison on the half title: "To David / Toni Morrison". Toning to the endpapers, some foxing along the top-edge, else near fine in a jacket with light toning and wear along the extremities, else very good. Morrison's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, tells of the pain and torment harbored by the formerly enslaved. Her skillful narrative presents a ghost story, as a means to explore psychological and emotional scars of the formerly enslaved, while confronting the dehumanizing legacy of America.

KNOPF Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET SIGNED ON TIPPED IN BOOKPLATE.

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

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, 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.

Collectible First Editions, 1987-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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

London: Follio Society, 2015. hardcover. fine. Illustrated by Joe Morse. Introduction by Russell Banks. Tall 8vo, pictorial gray boards; publisher's slipcase. London: Folio Society, (2015). Fine.<br/> <br/> As new, in shrink-wrap.<br/> <br/>

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

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.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1987. First edition, first printing. Published by Chatto and Windus in London, 1987. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper has some toning and curling to the top and bottom edges, with very slight foxing to the front panel. It has been price clipped. The boards are free from wear and the frontal gilt motif bright. The text blocks are lightly foxed throughout. This copy is free from previous owners ink and is in very good (or better) condition. Set in the period after the American Civil War, the novel tells the story of a dysfunctional family of formerly enslaved people whose Cincinnati home is haunted by a malevolent spirit.