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The Color Purple
by Walker, Alice
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151191530
- ISBN 13
- 9780151191536
- Seller
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; (1982). First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Later printing (identifying line ends in "J") of the first edition, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Very light dusting to top edge of the page block. The jacket has fairly minor wear at spine ends and corners, and one short (1") closed tear at the bottom of the front panel. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. $12.95 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or on the book. A tight, square copy.
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
- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024339
- Title
- The Color Purple
- Author
- Walker, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151191530
- ISBN 13
- 9780151191536
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; (1982)
- Place of Publication
- NY
- This edition first published
- 1982
Terms of Sale
Tulsa Books
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About the Seller
Tulsa Books
Biblio member since 2008
Tulsa, Oklahoma
About Tulsa Books
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