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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 275 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white with red and green lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$18.95." Minor shelf wear. Light scuffing to covers, and staining to tail of spine. Foxing to edges of textblock. Interior pages clean. Signature of previous owner on front pastedown. Signed flat by Toni Morrison on half-title page. CC consignment. Shelved in Case 7. 1389087. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Beloved is a novel by Toni Morrison published in 1987. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 and is set after the American Civil War. It tells the story of a family of former slaves whose Cincinnati home is haunted by a malevolent spirit.