The Bluest Eye by MORRISON, Toni - 1970

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. First edition. hardcover. hardcover. First edition. The author's first novel, A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. First issue dust wrapper, with the price of $5.95 and 10/70 on front flap.Some toning to the front and rear panels of the jacket. Evidence of staining that affect the spine of the book and page edges and extends to the bottom half of the jacket spine. Nevertheless, a presentable copy of this important debut novel by Toni Morrison, who would later win the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize. She was the author of Beloved, Tar Baby and numerous other novels. Signed by Morrison on the title page. Signed by the author.