The Bluest Eye A Novel by Morrison, Toni - 1970

Holt , Rinehart and Winston. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. First-state dust jacket has very slight soil, faint vertical crease down the center of spine, running its length, 1/16-inch tear to top edge of back panel. Front flap has light vertical stripe running parallel to the outside edge, probably a printing defect. Jacket is still quite attractive, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book is in excellent condition; margins of boards are mildly sunned, edge of spine foot is bumped. Book will open only 30 degrees without encountering strong resistance; it is clearly unread and unopened. . Stated first edition with no printing statement, as required for first edition. '1070' printed at bottom of front flap, price of $5.95. A handsome first edition of the first book published by the author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in literature in 1993. First printing, first state dust jacket. Scarce. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 164 pages. A6 .