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The Bluest Eye
by MORRISON, Toni
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- Condition
- near fine/near fine
- Seller
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New York, New York
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US$5,750.00
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About This Item
New York: Holt Rinehart, 1970. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. (slightly browned). New York: Holt, Rinehart, (1970). First Edition. A near fine copy of her uncommon first book, inscribed, "To.... from Toni 11.13.1971 Thank you for all the poetry, sensibility and common sense. First issue dust wrapper, with $5.95 & 10/70 on front flap.
Synopsis
The Bluest Eye is a 1970 novel by American author Toni Morrison. It is Morrison's first novel, written while Morrison was teaching at Howard University and was raising her two sons on her own. The story is about a year in the life of a young black girl in Lorain, Ohio named Pecola Breedlove. It takes place against the backdrop of America's Midwest as well as in the years following the Great Depression. Brutal in its depictions of racism, incest, and child molestation, The Bluest Eye has remained on the often-challenged and banned books list almost every year since its publication.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 216547
- Title
- The Bluest Eye
- Author
- MORRISON, Toni
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - near fine
- Jacket condition
- near fine
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Holt Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date published
- 1970
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We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
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- inscribed
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- fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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