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The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
- Used
- fine
- hardcover
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151191530
- ISBN 13
- 9780151191536
- Seller
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Tomball, Texas
Item Price:
£1,212.06
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About This Item
First Edition/Early Printing in the 2nd state jacket with the $12.95 price to the front flap; A Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author directly to the title page. An outstanding copy of this seminal novel, winner of multiple awards and basis for the Spielberg movie; a Classic of 20th Century Literature. This copy is in fine condition with only slight rubbing to the lower board edges; housed in a crisp and bright near fine dust jacket that shows only mild rubbing and creasing near the spine head and some light foxing to the panel edges and flaps, else fine. A highly presentable and collectible copy; uncommon flat signed by Ms. Walker. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
Synopsis
The Color Purple is an acclaimed epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker. Taking place mostly in rural Georgia, this collection of letters weaves an intricate mosaic of women joined by their love for each other, the men who abuse them, and the children they care for. In this, The Color Purple focuses on black female life in the American South during the 1930s, addressing the numerous issues including their exceedingly low position in American social culture. The novel received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award. Because of the explicit content, particularly in terms of violence, The Color Purple has been a frequent target of censors, appearing on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999.
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Details
- book dealer
- Grayshelf Books, IOBA, TXBA
(US)
- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 2608
- Title
- The Color Purple
- Author
- Alice Walker
- Book condition
- second hand - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151191530
- ISBN 13
- 9780151191536
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- First Edition, Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books Into Movies; Award Winners; Classic Literature;
Terms of Sale
Grayshelf Books, IOBA, TXBA
Bryan H. Young D.V.M.dba Grayshelf Books, 19111 Desert Eagle Dr., Tomball, Tx 77377Email - bhydvm@gmail.comWe accept payment by Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, checks, or money orders.Texas residents please add 8% sales tax.We guarantee all books to be as described.Additional scans of books will be provided upon request.
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About the Seller
Grayshelf Books, IOBA, TXBA
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Tomball, Texas
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About Grayshelf Books, IOBA, TXBA
Grayshelf Books is an online collectors library originating out of the love of collecting rare books. We specialize, but are not limited to, modern first editions from the 20th and 21st century. We also maintain inventory of rare works in the Science Fiction and Horror genres. We guarantee all of our books in regards to condition stated on the listings and all books are protected in mylar covers and shipped with the utmost care in sturdy boxes. Thanks for viewing our listings!
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