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Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1977.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: General wear, rubbed extremities, clean, tight binding, no markings, gold gilt lettering on cover and spine, bookplate front inner cover, tear in dust jacket DATE PUBLISHED: 1977 EDITION: 337
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni. SONG OF SOLOMON. Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1977.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 337pp. Red top edges. Black cloth boards with gilt title and blind title on front board. Yellow pictorial Dust Jacket chipped and spine sunned. Slight slant. Price unclipped. Novel. Toni Morrison's third novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.
Toni Morrison. Song of Solomon. Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
Price: US$55.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third Printing, September 1977. Bright, clean & tight copy in Very Good condition. Erstwhile remainder has tiny red Random House stamp on text bottom, o/w unmarked. "Three years after her brilliantly acclaimed Sula, Toni Morrison gives us a novel of large beauty and power, creating a magical world out of four generations of black life in America. . . It is a world we enter in the present, through Macon Dead, Jr. (known as Milkman), son of the richest black family in a midwestern town. We enter it on the day of his birth (the first black baby allowed to be born at Mercy--popularly called "No Mercy"--Hospital), the day on which the lonely insurance man Robert Smith, poised in blue silk wings, attempts to fly from the steeple of the hospital, a black Icarus looking homeward. . . . We see Milkman growing up in his father's money-haunted, death-haunted house with his silent sisters and strangely passive mother, and we watch him beginning to move outward--through his profound love and combat with his friend (his Biblical brother) Guitar . . . through Guitar's mad and loving commitment to the band of seven, the secret avengers called the Seven Days . . . through Milkman's exotic and then imprisoning affair with his love-blind cousin, Hagar . . . and through his unconscious apprenticeship to the one person in his family who is open, unfettered, whole: the exiled one, his unkempt, mystical, bootlegging Aunt Pilate, with a brass box for an earring, with no navel ("a stomach blind as a knee . . . something God never made"), Pilate who looks like a tall black tree and who saved his life before he was born. . . This is a novel in which mystery unfolds on mystery, revelation on revelation--in which our vision of what we have seen turns, changes, and takes shape again, transformed. It is a novel expressing with passion, tenderness, and a magnificence of language the mysterious primal essence of family bond and conflict, the feelings and experience of all people wanting, and striving, to be alive." [jacket copy] "A rich, full novel. . . . It lifts us up and impresses itself upon us like a love affair."--The New York Times Book Review. "Morrison dazzles. . . She creates a black community strangely unto itself yet never out of touch with the white world. . . With an ear as sharp as glass she has listened to the music of black talk and uses it as a palette knife to create black lives and to provide some of the best fictional dialogue around today."--The Nation. "A rhapsodic work. . . Intricate and inventive. . . Morrison moves easily in and out of the lives and thoughts of her characters, luxuriating in the diversity of circumstances and personality, and revelling in the sound of their voices and of her own, which echoes and elaborates theirs."--The New Yorker. Very Good hardcover w/brilliant corners (slight bump on top corner) & crisp deckle edges, a tight binding very slightly bowed, covered in a Good & bright jacket, $8.95 price present, spine faded, tiny edge-tears repaired, o/w unmarked & wrapped in archival mylar. Quite presentable.
Seller: Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. Alfred A Knopf, 1977.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book Club Edition. Very Good hardcover with Good jacket. Top block edge dyed red; jacket's spine toned; jacket's head, heel, and top corners chipped.
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni. SONG OF SOLOMON. Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
Price: US$71.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; Black cloth cover has turned in spine caps and a very light bump to upper front corner but clean, bright, and overall in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket has a sunned spine, light wear, a one inch abrasion where a sticker may have been removed, and very modest soiling but overall in good+ condition. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 8.4 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 352 pages
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni. SONG OF SOLOMON. Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
Price: US$93.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: ; Black cloth cover has turned in spine caps otherwise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket has a sunned spine with very modest wear but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 8.4 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 352 pages
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
toni morrison. song of solomon. alfred a knopf, new york, 1977.
Price: US$113.00 + shipping
Description: fine. owner inscription to front free end paper. near fine. slight sunning to spine as is typical with this edition.
Seller: leaves, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Toni Morrison. Song of Solomon. Knopf, 1977.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NY: Alfred A Knopf 1977. Stated 1st edition. Hardcover 8vo 337 pgs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Top edge dyed red. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket spine a bit sunned. (african american literature, magical realism, novel) Inquire if you need further information.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Toni Morrison. Song of Solomon. Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In a Near Fine Plus Clipped Jacket.Unfaded Spine Excellent Copy Of The Author's Third Book.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni [Wofford, Chloe Anthony]. SONG OF SOLOMON: A Novel. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 340 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few short tears to top edges. Spine a bit sunned. Contents very nice.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 337p. Original black cloth. dj. 21 cm. Backstrip very slightly faded. Cover edges rubbed (several small holes). Former owner's name and address on endpaper. INSCRIBED by Morrison on the Dedication page. Morrison's third novel.
Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
MORRISON, TONI.. Song of Solomon. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977, 1977.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Fie in a dust jacket with a very slightly faded spine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
MORRISON, Toni. Song of Solomon (Review Copy). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo. Morrison's third book, cited by the Swedish Academy upon announcement of her receipt of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature. This copy accompanied by press release from Knopf, headlined by Mordecai Richler's bold pronouncement: "The best novel of the black experience in America since Invisible Man." A fine copy in black cloth boards, with bright red topstain. In unclipped illustrated jacket; minor scuffing, else also fine. An incredibly sharp copy, housed in quarter-leather slipcase with cloth pull-tab chemise.
Seller: Harper's Books, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni. SONG OF SOLOMON [Inscribed]. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 337 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Yellow spine with Red and black text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has mild edgewear. Boards have mild shelf wear to front board. Text block has small, faint brown mark on first two pages. Inscribed by Toni Morrison on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 6. 1371717. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Toni Morrison on the front free endpaper; ink of signature is lightly smudged. Publisher's black cloth binding, with titles stamped in blind on the front cover and in gilt on the spine, top edge stained red. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, light fading at spine, light general wear and light toning to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with sunning to the spine, light edge wear and a short tear to the top edge of the front panel, and a vertical crease to the front flap.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon (Signed First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Very nearly Fine book in like jacket, unclipped and showing original price of $8.95. Bright topstain. A bit of foxing to the closed textblock and minor wrinkling along bottom edge of front jacket panel. In all, a lovely, bright, and unread example of this Nobel Prize winning novel. Signed by the author on the title page. Following the life of Macon "Milkman" Dead III from birth to death, the novel presents in a raw and complex way the coming-of-age of an African American man. As Milkman comes to adulthood, he inevitably confronts the intersections of Black and white communities, the impact of forced migration and slavery on his family, and the question of how this history affects his own identity. As he reaches toward self-realization, it becomes clear that one can never be fully independent from their family. Met with widespread acclaim from its release, Song of Solomon won Morrison the Nobel Prize for literature, in addition to earning the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. It also appears on the Radcliffe Publishing Course's Best English Language Novels of the 20th Century. At its release, the New York Times hailed it as "a full novel -- rich, slow enough to impress itself upon us like a love affair or a sickness" as it communicates its characters' "painfully discovered and powerfully held convictions about the possibility of transcendence within human life.the possibility of knowing one's origins and of realizing the potential found in the lives, failures, and victories of one's ancestors." Fine in Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
MORRISON, Toni.. The Song of Solomon.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977, 1977.
Price: US$1921.30 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, signed by the author on the title page. Song of Solomon won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 and was cited when Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Writing for the New York Times, Reynolds Price praised Morrison's weaving of "fantasy, fable, song and allegory" to communicate "painfully discovered and powerfully held convictions about the possibility of transcendence within human life, on the time-scale of a single life" (Price). Reynolds Price, The New York Times, 11 September 1977. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in blind, publisher's device on rear cover in blind, top edge pink, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Foot of spine lightly bumped, a touch of foxing at edges; spine panel of jacket slightly sunned, edges lightly creased, one or two nicks, a few marks on front fold, unclipped: a fine copy in near-fine jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 337pp. Black cloth, title stamped in blind on front cover, title in gilt on spine. Red topstain. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block. Includes the publisher's announcement laid-in at front. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $8.95 retail price on front flap, 9/77 code listed, faint sunning to spine, touch of shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed on the title page: "Best wishes, Toni Morrison." Toni Morrison (1931-2019) was an influential American novelist, essayist, editor, and professor, celebrated for her profound exploration of the African American experience. With a career spanning several decades, Morrison authored acclaimed works such as "Beloved," "Sula," and "The Bluest Eye," earning her numerous prestigious awards, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Beyond her literary achievements, Morrison was a trailblazer for African American writers, using her powerful voice to advocate for social justice and illuminate the complexities of race, gender, and identity in American society.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A signed review copy. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Toni Morrison on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. A review copy with publisher's slip and advertising broadside laid in. Bound in publisher's original black cloth binding with titles stamped in blind on the front cover and in gilt on the spine, top edge stained red. About Fine with browning to front endsheet, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light uneven fading, light wear and a thin 1" strip of offsetting affecting the spine and front panel.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the stated edition. Signed by Toni Morrison directly on the title-page. Corners slightly bumped, minor edge wear, foot of spine softly pushed, a few pages with faint soiling, and a stamp size ghost to back paste-down, else book in fine condition; original dust jacket with minor edge wear, faint toning to spine, else fine. Housed in a custom black cloth clamshell case, spine stamped in gilt.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977.
Price: US$4800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Signed by Toni Morrison on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's beige wraps printed in black, with publication information handwritten on the front cover, and photocopied publisher's material stapled inside front cover. We have had a different variant of this proof in the past, that one having blue wraps, a different layout to the front cover and being taller. Very Good with toning and light wear to wraps. A very scarce format of one of the author's most beloved books (pun intended.).
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.