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Tar Baby
by Morrison, Toni
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
-
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Signed first trade edition of Tar Baby by Toni Morrison.. Octavo, 306pp. Beige cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine. Blue topstain. Stated "First Trade Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of wear to corners. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $11.95 retail price on front flap, some shelf wear, faint sunning to spine. Signed by the author in black pen on the title page.
Synopsis
Ravishingly beautiful and emotionally incendiary, Tar Baby is Toni Morrison's reinvention of the love story. Jadine Childs is a black fashion model with a white patron, a white boyfriend, and a coat made out of ninety perfect sealskins. Son is a black fugitive who embodies everything she loathes and desires. As Morrison follows their affair, which plays out from the Caribbean to Manhattan and the deep South, she charts all the nuances of obligation and betrayal between blacks and whites, masters and servants, and men and women.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15284
- Title
- Tar Baby
- Author
- Morrison, Toni
- Illustrator
- Signed first trade edition of Tar Baby by Toni Morrison.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Teer-Baby Toni Morrison, Roman Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye first edition, The Bluest Eye signed, Song of Solomon first edition, Song of Solomon signed, Sula Toni Morrison, Tar Baby Toni Morrison
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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