Measure of Our Lives, The – Toni Morrison
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Description

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom by Toni Morrison. First Edition stated, 2019 Knopf. First Printing with no subsequent printing.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and one lightly bumped corner. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and the price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

At once the ideal introduction to the legendary Nobel Prize winner and a lovely and moving keepsake for her devoted readers: a treasury of quotations from her work. With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Zadie Smith.

Small volume ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.