The Color Purple (Signed)

WALKER, Alice

ISBN 10: 0151191530 / ISBN 13: 9780151191536

Published by Harcourt Brace & World, New York, 1982

About this Item

Bound in purple cloth over white boards. Endpapers professionally restored and book tightened. (slight bumping to one corner). Dust jacket is in great condition, just shows a hint of rubbing to bottom edge. A tight, clean copy of the fourth impression of the first edition (with "DE" on the bottom line of the copyright page), in the exact same format and with the same dust jacket as the first impression. Won the Pulitzer Prize and was the basis for the Steven Spielberg movie of the same name. In the same format as the first edition and also has the first state dust jacket. Inscribed and signed on a tipped in page, "For Joan - Peace and Sisterhood" and dated in the year of publication. 244 pp. Seller Inventory # 7000854

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Color Purple (Signed)

Publisher: Harcourt Brace & World, New York

Publication Date: 1982

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Inscribed and Signed

Edition: Fourth Impression.

About this title

Synopsis:

Trade paperback.

From the Back Cover:

[Banner] Now a Tony Award-Winning Broadway Musical
 

The Color Purple is the story of two sisters—one a missionary to Africa and the other a child wife living in the South—who remain loyal to one another across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life.
"Intense emotional impact . . . Indelibly affecting . . . Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer."—The New York Times Book Review

"Places Walker in the company of Faulkner."—The Nation

"Superb . . . A work to stand beside literature of any time and place."—San Francisco Chronicle

"The Color Purple is an American novel of permanent importance."—Newsweek

"Marvelous characters . . . A story of revelation . . . One of the great books of our time."--Essence
 
[banner] Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award
 
 
 [bio]
Bestselling novelist Alice Walker is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, six volumes of poetry and several children's books. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in northern California.