Jazz
by Morrison, Toni
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
Knopf, 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected proof of the first edition, fine in printed wrappers. "Tentative" publication date of April 21, 1992, is printed on the cover. Author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993, the year after this book was published. The last American to win the Nobel Prize, one of the few women, and the only African-American woman.
Synopsis
In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe's wife, Violet, attacks the girl's corpse. This passionate, profound story of love and obsession brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of black urban life.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005636
- Title
- Jazz
- Author
- Morrison, Toni
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Date Published
- 1992
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About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
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Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Wrappers
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...