Color Purple by Alice Walker, First Edition (91 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing and/or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1996. Hard Cover. First Edition.Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.ISBN:0684814196 About filming of THE COLOR PURPLE and related/contemporaneous events; includes journal entries, correspondence, essays, and Walker's screenplay which was not used. Remainder Mark on bottom of book.

mass_market. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Scribner, 1996. Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Jacket, The book is composed of entries from Alice Walker's journals, correspondence and essays and articles that document the controversy in the African-American community about the release of the film The Color Purple. It also contains Walker's original screenplay for the film that was not used by Steven Spielberg, the producer, and has never been published. There are three new essays in which Walker looks back at what was taking place in her life at that time. Very clean and unmarked white half cloth binding, gilt titled, green boards. Nice fresh appearance. Upper edge of front panel slightly sunned; slight wear to lower edges of front panel. Former owner name on endpaper. 302 pages with index. 9.75 x 6.4 inches. 1996, Scribner, New York, New York, USA.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 245pp. Soft cover. title on front and spine. Very good++.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Very good hardcover with good dust jacket, slight wear to jacket. First printing.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: good. 1st printing. 302p., illus. Entries from Walker's journals relating to making "The Color Purple" and the later controversy about this film. Very good condition; remainder mark on bottom edge. very good d.j.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. Looks at Walker's life, and the influences on her work, especially her discovery of the novels of Zora Neale Hurston. While this focuses on Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning The Color Purple, it also discusses her work both before and after its publication. Bibliography, 121 pp. Very near fine in stapled red and white wrappers (some rubbing to the covers).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers.

VG in VG DJ. Walker's period of transition from recluse to public figure and a contemplation of the true significance of extraordinary gifts. Remainder dot on bottom edge. 1st ed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Full number line on the copyright page. Slight wear and soiling to the wraps. V3.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jennifer Hewitson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First Edition, First Printing (Tenth Anniversary Edition). Includes a new Preface by the author. Hardcover is in near-fine condition (soiled on the top and bottom of the text block, slightly bumped on the top corner of the front cover and bumped on the bottom edge of the back cover). Dust jacket is in near-fine condition (slightly soiled on the front and back covers and minor edge wear). Brodart protected. 290 pages with black and white illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st printing from this publisher. Book.

Hard cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG, moderate wear to edges. 1st Norwegian edition, 1st printing. The book condition is Fine. The dust jacket is VG, moderate wear to edges. Signed by the author with no inscription 0.0.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Appears to be an original play program. Full-color and in fine condition with no markings. Has a folded program insert with the photos of all the players with their short bios. 34 different black actors shown.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Signed by author on bookplate adhered to front free endpaper with no inscription. "Autographed copy" sticker on front jacket panel, jacket flaps lightly soiled. 1996 Hard Cover. 302 pp. The personal memoirs of Alice Walker consider how fame, illness, betrayal, and the Pulitzer Prize have impacted her personal life, career, and evolution as an artist. Signed by author.

First printing. 8vo, pp. 300. Index. With several photographs. Paper over boards with cloth spine. About as new in dj.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with two spots. Laid into this copy is a printed letter from Warner Brothers promoting the use of the guide and the published novel in conjunction with the newly released movie. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Xii, 289 Pp. Maroon Cloth Spine, Beige Boards, Gilt. First Printing Of This 10Th Anniversary Edition With A New Preface By The Author. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $19.95.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The second Printing of the author's highly acclaimed novel with First Edition NOT stated and with letter sequence BCDE on copyright page. In ivory boards with purple spine cloth and silver type(a little dulled). Front corners dinged with split to bottom one. Soiling/fading to board and spine ends and some marks/small stains to page ends. Previous owner's first name to ffep. Jacket is unclipped ($11.95) with chipping and a few short tears to spine ends and corners, some marks/small stains to edges and scuffing/shallow scratches to panels. 2nd Printing.

First edition. First edition. Color illustrations throughout, (44) pp., invitation to the film's World Premier laid in. 1 vols. 4to. Large format illustrated book, likely distributed to members of the Motion Picture Academy, depicting the cast and producers of the Stephen Spielberg film. Although nominated for 11 Academy Awards, and considered the Best Picture of the year by many critics, the film took home no awards. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award (1983) and cemented Walker's place among American writers. Also laid in is a folding invitation to the World Premier for the film in New York City. Provenance: from the library of Walker's editor John Ferrone Purple wrappers with dye-cut silhouette of a woman in a rocking chair. Fine Color illustrations throughout, (44) pp., invitation to the film's World Premier laid in. 1 vols. 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 1986 The Women's Press hardcover first UK edition. Light reading wear, else very good condition.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Front flap creased.

Condition: Very Good. VG Jacket in mylar, 1st printing thus Price clip, remainder mark.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed to tip in page. Brand new copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Signed by Alice Walker to the Signed by the Author Page. Both Book and the Dust Jacket are in As New condition. There are no inscriptions and the Dust Jacket has not been price clipped. This unread book is guaranteed to be a 1st Edition, 1st Printing of the 40th Anniversary Edition. Publishers number sequence 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 confirms that this is a first impression. The Jacket is protected by a clear, removable, archival protective covering. The book is professionally wrapped and packed with great care with bubble wrap and placed in a special book box to ensure that the book arrives at your destination in perfect condition. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. First UK edition of Alice Walker's breakaway success, a book centered around the experience of African-American women in the rural South. THE COLOR PURPLE is an epistolary novel about an African-American family in Georgia, following the fate of two sisters through their letters to each other. The book is particularly famous for the beauty of its language, which Walker shapes with astonishing perfection. Walker notably appreciated the design for the first edition dust jacket, remarking that the house "looks almost exactly like the church I attended as a child." A controversial winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the book remains a frequent target of censorship, despite its predominant themes of love and resilience. An American classic. 8.25 x 5.25''. Original black paper boards, silver-lettered spine. In original price-clipped, white pictorial jacket. [6], 250 pages. Gift inscription inked in blue on front pastedown. Jacket with light edgewear and rubbing. Book with minor bumping at top edge of boards, faint foxing to textblock top edge, else tight and clean. Near fine in very good plus jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Tenth Anniversary Edition, first printing thus. Signed by Alice Walker on the half-title. A powerful novel concerning an abused and uneducated black woman's struggle for empowerment, this work was widely praised for the depth of its female characters and for its eloquent use of black English vernacular. It won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, and served as the basis for the 1985 motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey. Dust jacket art by Joan Eda, with illustrations by Jennifer Hewitson. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 245 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. White spine with purple lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$11.95", has tears along the rear head edge, small stains on the rear cover, small water stain along the front tail edge, small indents along the front cover, creasing along the fore and tail edges, and mild rubbing wear along the spine head/tail. Boards have mild bending wear along the spine head/tail and fore corners, small dents along the rear cover, and mild wear along the edges. Textblock has small dents along pages 201-212, a light smudge along the fore edge on page 218, mild foxing along the pastedown pages and end-pages, and stains on pages 46-47, the rear end-page, and edges. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 7. . 1394005. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed with her beautiful earlier signature on a tipped in bookplate on the front free endpaper--visible in photo. First printing of the first edition--copyright page is visible in photo. Very near fine book in a very near fine jacket--visible in photos. Signed by Author(s).