'The Color Purple', US signed and inscribed first edition. Inscribed in the year of publication with full signature

Walker, Alice

Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982

Condition: Very Good Hardcover

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Alice Walker (1982) The Color Purple , US first edition, first printing, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Signed and inscribed by the author in the year of publication: For Nan Bowe, | Peace + Sisterhood, | Alice Walker | 6-27-82 . A beautiful inscription with Walker s full signature before the author started to sign with an illegible squiggle. All first issue points present: the B C D E lettercode on the copyright page as called for. Also, first issue dust jacket with the correct New York only address on the rear flap. Condition: a very good book in like dust jacket. There are no previous owner s names, no bookplates and no stamps. Light shelf wear including light rubbing of the edges from sliding in and out of the shelf. Light foxing to the front page block as shown. Small faint stain on the rear board, otherwise clean. The letering on the purple quarter bound cloth spine in NOT rubbed out. The first issue dust jacket is NOT price clipped showing the correct USD 11.95 price. Light edge wear to the top with a small tear just above the T of the first title line on the front panel. NO restorations and NO tape repairs. A landmark book of American 20th century literature which was accoladed with the Pulitzer Prize making Walker the first black woman to win the prize as well as with the American National Book Award for Fiction in 1983. The story was adapted by director Steven Spielberg into a 1985 film earning eleven Academy Award nominations. First and Fine. Seller Inventory # ABE-1635240314311

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Title: 'The Color Purple', US signed and inscribed ...

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Publication Date: 1982

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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