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Octavo, 275pp. Beige cloth, title in silver on spine. Illustration in silver on front cover. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, light toning to edges of text block, internally clean. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $18.95 retail price on front flap, "9/87" code on rear flap, archival tape repair to short closed tear on rear panel, a near fine example. Signed by Morrison on title page. Beloved by Toni Morrison received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, largely in recognition of her exceptional contributions to literature, with Beloved being a significant work in her esteemed body of writing.

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.