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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Toni Morrison on the front free endpaper; ink of signature is lightly smudged. Publisher's black cloth binding, with titles stamped in blind on the front cover and in gilt on the spine, top edge stained red. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, light fading at spine, light general wear and light toning to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with sunning to the spine, light edge wear and a short tear to the top edge of the front panel, and a vertical crease to the front flap.

Song of Solomon is a 1977 novel by Toni Morrison. The book was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. It follows the life of an African-American man called Macon 'Milkman' Dead III, as he grows from an odd, self-indulgent youth into a powerful and understanding man.