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Lot 171
Sale 1262 - Summer Reading: 20th Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection
Lots Open
Jul 6, 2023
Lots Close
Jul 26, 2023
Timed Online / Chicago
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$600 -
800
Price Realized
$1,890
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Lot Description
MORRISON, Toni (1931-2019). The Bluest Eye. New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.
8vo. Original blue cloth-backed boards (spine slightly sunned, a few small stains); in unclipped dust jacket (restored, backed and repaired verso).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY MORRISON. IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with close-up photograph of Morrison on the rear panel, priced “$5.95,” and with “1070” code on front flap. Initially, Morrison’s first novel, written when she was a professor at Howard University, received limited critical attention, however placement on several university reading lists promoted further recognition.