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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WALKER, Alice (b. 1944). The Color Purple. New York and London: Harcourt Brace

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The Color Purple, First Edition in dust jacket: Heading: Author: Walker, Alice Title: The Color Purple Place Published: New York Publisher:Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Date Published: [1982] Description: Quarter purple cloth and

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WALKER, Alice (b. 1944). The Color Purple. New York and London: Harcourt Brace

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WALKER, Alice (b. 1944). The Color Purple. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

8vo. Original purple cloth-backed boards; in unrestored unclipped pictorial dust jacket (small scuff to spine).

FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY of Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. With publisher's review copy sheet, photocopy of the 14 May 1982 Publisher's Weekly review, and a copy of Walker's author portrait taken by L.A. Hyder laid in.

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WALKER, Alice (b. 1944). The Color Purple. New York and London: Harcourt Brace

Name: [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WALKER, Alice (b. 1944). The Color Purple. New York and London: Harcourt Brace
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