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Playing in the Dark : Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
by Morrison, Toni
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+ Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0674673778
- ISBN 13
- 9780674673779
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Harvard University Press, 1992-05-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+ Dust Jacket. 8x5x0. 1st printing of 1st edition. Near fine hardcover with very good+ DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Clean text, sharp corners, binding tight/sturdy/square. Unclipped DJ has a quarter-inch closed tear at heel of spine, otherwise in great condition and protected in Mylar wraps. Complete number line. An excellent copy. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Synopsis
Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio. She is Robert E. Goheen Professor, Council of the Humanities, Princeton University. She is the author of six novels: The Bluest Eye; Sula; Song of Solomon, which won the 1978 National Book Critics Award for fiction; Tar Baby; Beloved, which won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction; and Jazz. Her most recent novel since winning the Nobel Prize 1993 is Paradise (1998).
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- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 283400
- Title
- Playing in the Dark : Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
- Author
- Morrison, Toni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0674673778
- ISBN 13
- 9780674673779
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Ma
- Date Published
- 1992-05-01
- Size
- 8x5x0
- Keywords
- stre35|LITERA |AFRAMER
- X weight
- 11 oz
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The Book House in Dinkytown
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About The Book House in Dinkytown
Used books bought and sold, classics and collectibles in all fields. In Dinkytown since 1976.
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- First Edition
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- Heel
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- Number Line
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
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