Description
For sale is a rare and exceptional Reprint Edition hardcover copy of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, protected in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 2000 Knopf. First printing with 2000 on title page and no subsequent printing.
The book is in Fine condition with spotless boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Fine condition with no 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 Near Fine dust jacket has a clean, bright surface with a strong sheen, mild rubbings on the back and no signs of edge wear. The jacket is designed by Carol Devine Carson, with the price on the front flap and the 4/2000 date on the rear.
In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.
Small volume ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
