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The Color Purple, First Edition in dust jacket

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The Color Purple, First Edition in dust jacket

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Author: Walker, Alice
Title: The Color Purple
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
Date Published: [1982]
Description: Quarter purple cloth and tan boards, illustrated dust jacket. First Edition.With the correct letter code ”BCDE” on copyright page. The author's National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Basis for the Steven Spielberg film, nominated for eleven Academy Awards. Ink inscription of previous owner.

Condition

Minor creasing and edgewear to jacket; faint staining and soiling to cloth; very good.

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The Color Purple, First Edition in dust jacket

Name: The Color Purple, First Edition in dust jacket
SKU: 168736480
Price: 250 USD
Availability: InStock

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