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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 [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$1937.15 + 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.