Playing In the Dark
by Morrison, Toni
Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio. She is Robert E. Goheen Professor, Council of the Humanities, Princeton University. She is the author of six novels: The Bluest Eye; Sula; Song of Solomon, which won the 1978 National Book Critics Award for fiction; Tar Baby; Beloved, which won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction; and Jazz. Her most recent novel since winning the Nobel Prize 1993 is Paradise (1998).
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Playing in the Dark
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MA: Harvard University, 1992. The first edition/first printing of this rather scarce 92 pp. book subtitled "Whiteness and the Literary Imagination". Part of the William E. Massey, Sr. Lectures in the History of Civilization series. Tight, clean copy with bright dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket faintly rubbed, pencil . impression in center of first several leaves.. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0674673778 . The late Nobel Laureate discusses how racialized American society has influenced 19th and 20th century American literature. "Her compelling point is that the central characteristics of… Read more about this item Item Price
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PLAYING IN THE DARK
by MORRISON, Toni
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Cambridge, MA & London: Harvard University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Nobel Prize winner's nonfiction work on "Whiteness and the Literary Imagination." SIGNED on the title page by the author.
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Playing in The Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
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Vintage Bks.. 1993. vg. Paperback. ISBN:0679745424 1st Vintage ptg.; 8" tall; xiii + 91pp; dark brown cover with photo of Morrison on front; light crease to bottom corner front cover . Item Price
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by Morrison, Toni
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0674673778 . A most attractive first printing of the first edition in unread Fine condition in alike dustjacket; Morrison examines the American literary imagination and finds that an African American presence has always permeated white American literature. She ponders the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Harvard University Press, 1992-05-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+ Dust Jacket. 8x5x0. 1st printing of 1st edition. Near fine hardcover with very good+ DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Clean text, sharp corners, binding tight/sturdy/square. Unclipped DJ has a quarter-inch closed tear at heel of spine, otherwise in great condition and protected in Mylar wraps. Complete… Read more about this item Item Price
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Playing in the Dark
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London: Picador, 1990. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Good. wraps, 91 pp covers lightly worn
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 91 pages. A collection of three essays that were originally lectures at Harvard. Morrison wrote the acclaimed "Song of Solomon" and "Beloved and was the winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Item Price
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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
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New York: Random House, 1992. Softcover. Very Good. Later printing. Trade paperback. 91pp. Ink notations and underlining throughout thus very good. Item Price
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Playing in the Dark
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MA: Harvard, 1992. An early reprint. Some highlighting, marginalia, but still and acceptable copy of this 92 pp. book subtitled "Whiteness and the Literary Imagination". Part of the William E. Massey, Sr. Lectures in the History of Civilization series. . Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Item Price
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison.. Octavo, xiii, 91pp. Black hardcover, title in silver on spine. Full number line on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $14.95 retail price… Read more about this item Item Price
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Playing in the Dark Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
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