Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of Tar Baby by Toni Morrison in a new archival wrap. First Trade Edition stated and undated 1981 Knopf. First Printing 1981 stated.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on the spine and front, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first first free end paper and no other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with the price on the front flap and mild edge wear. Looks great in a new archival wrap.
Jadine Childs is a Black fashion model with a white patron, a white boyfriend, and a coat made out of ninety perfect sealskins. Son is a Black fugitive who embodies everything she loathes and desires. As Morrison follows their affair, which plays out from the Caribbean to Manhattan and the deep South, she charts all the nuances of obligation and betrayal between Blacks and whites, masters and servants, and men and women.
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