Search Results: the bluest eye by morrison

First Plume paperback edition, 21st printing, in Good+ condition. Clean, unmarked pages; tight binding. Minor edge and corner wear from storage, and a few pages with very small corner creases. Fine overall reading condition.Good

New York, New York: Washington Square Press/Pocket Books, 1972. First Mass Market Paperback Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Good+. Written early in Morrison's career, this is a "haunting and frightening story...so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry,'' about an 11-year-old Black girl made pregnant by a rape--committed by her own father. Orig. published in hardcover in 1970, this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition, a 9th printing, from 1972. Condition is Good+: completely clean inside with the front epigram circled in pen; no writing or marking in text. Pages moderately tanned, commensurate with age. Binding secure, with a slight rightward lean, Moderate corner curling & light exterior soil; nicely protected in new clear mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship… Read More

Washington Square Press, 1972-01-01. 1st. Paperback. Good. Paperback, some cover corner and edge wear, Original Price sticker on cover, Owner's Name inside, Pages are otherwise clean, tight and flat. Item Shrink-wrapped for additional protection

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of 1993 reissue. Minor rubbing to extremities of boards. Light wear and handling to dust jacket; jacket in mylar protector.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1970. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 0030850746 . A clean Ex-library copy with no stickers or card sleeve, a single stamp to the title page. Rubbing and toning overall, binding shaken, a lean, and some shelf wear. The jacket with light rubbing and toning, minor wear to the edges, and wrapped in mylar and pasted to the book via the flaps. Not price clipped. Jacket price of $5.95. The Bluest Eye was Morrison's first novel and was published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston in 1970, when she was aged 39. It was favorably reviewed in The New York Times by John Leonard, who praised Morrison's writing style. The novel did not sell well at first, but the City University of New York put The Bluest Eye on its reading list for its new Black studies department, as did other colleges, which boosted sales. The book also brought Morrison to the attention of the acclaimed editor Robert Gottlieb at Knopf, an imprint of the publisher Random… Read More

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Third Printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Second issue DJ. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1970.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1979. First English Edition, First Impression. Cloth. Fine/fine. Signed first English edition of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, in fine condition.. Octavo, 164pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher's exceptional dust jacket, £4.95 retail price on front flap. Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. A beautiful, scarce example of the author's first published book. The true first edition of the Bluest Eye was published in the United States in 1970 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Toni Morrison (1931-2019) was an influential American novelist, essayist, editor, and professor, celebrated for her profound exploration of the African American experience. With a career spanning several decades, Morrison authored acclaimed works such as "Beloved," "Sula," and "Song of Solomon," earning her numerous prestigious awards, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 and the Nobel… Read More

THE BLUEST EYE, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970, first edition, head of spine gently bumped, else fine in just about fine dust-wrapper. The Nobel laureate's first book.

signed second printing, 1971. signed by toni morrison on front free endpaper. comes with very rare photographs of the author from the signing. new york: holt, rinehart, winston. 164 pages. 5.75 x 8.5". hardcover. bound in paper and cloth-covered boards. book condition: mild edge wear and to boards and small white mark on front joint. slight creasing and tearing to head edge of pages 21-30. jacket condition: light toning with tape over tear to head edge of front cover. large closed tears to head and tail edge of rear cover. slight tearing to head edge of front cover and slight chipping to corners. unclipped ($5.95). good+.