Home
by Morrison, Toni
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Signed first edition of Home by Toni Morrison.. Small octavo, 145pp, [2]. Brown hardcover, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $24.00 retail price on front flap. Signed by Morrison on the title page.
Synopsis
Home is the tenth novel by Toni Morrison. First published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2012, it tells the story of Frank Money, a 24-year-old African-American veteran of the Korean War, who returns home to face his segregated homeland. TONI MORRISON (February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019) was the Robert F. Goheen Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, at Princeton University. She has received the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15298
- Title
- Home
- Author
- Morrison, Toni
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of Home by Toni Morrison.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Teer-Baby Toni Morrison, Roman Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye first edition, The Bluest Eye signed, Song of Solomon first edition, Song of Solomon signed, Sula Toni Morrison, Tar Baby Toni Morrison
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