The Bluest Eye
by Morrison, Toni
- Used
- near fine
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0701123745
- ISBN 13
- 9780701123741
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Very nice copy of the first British edition of Morrison's debut novel, published nine years after the U.S. edition. Near fine book with pushing to spine ends and ownership signature on ffep. Jacket is very good with some foxing to edges and rear inner flap. Corners show light wear, and jacket is price clipped.
Synopsis
The Bluest Eye is a 1970 novel by American author Toni Morrison. It is Morrison's first novel, written while Morrison was teaching at Howard University and was raising her two sons on her own. The story is about a year in the life of a young black girl in Lorain, Ohio named Pecola Breedlove. It takes place against the backdrop of America's Midwest as well as in the years following the Great Depression. Brutal in its depictions of racism, incest, and child molestation, The Bluest Eye has remained on the often-challenged and banned books list almost every year since its publication.
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- Peruse the Stacks
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- 001971
- Title
- The Bluest Eye
- Author
- Morrison, Toni
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket condition
- Very Good
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0701123745
- ISBN 13
- 9780701123741
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date published
- 1979
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- ffep
- A common abbreviation for Front Free EndPaper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...[more]
- edges
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- jacket
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- spine
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- price clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...[more]
- fine
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