[Rarebooks] FS: Ten First Editons SIGNED by Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison

[Charles Agvent]

1.  MORRISON,  Toni.  BELOVED. New York: Knopf  1987.  First  Edition.
SIGNED  by  the  author. Small  rough  erasure on front free endpaper. 
About  Fine  in bright, price-clipped dustwrapper.             $450.00

2.  MORRISON,  Toni.  BELOVED. New York: Alfred A. Knopf  1987.  First
Edition.  SIGNED  by  the  author.  One of her  best,  winner  of  the
Pulitzer  Prize and subject of a movie produced by and starring  Oprah
Winfrey. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.                             $500.00

3.  MORRISON,  Toni.  BELOVED. London: Chatto & Windus  (1987).  First
Edition. First British Edition. SIGNED by the author. Just  about Fine 
in  similar  dustwrapper.                                      $250.00

4.  MORRISON,  Toni.  BELOVED. London: Chatto & Windus  (1987).  First
Edition.  The Uncorrected Proof of the First British Edition in glossy
pictorial  wraps.  SIGNED by the author on the title page. One of  her
best,  winner of the Pulitzer Prize and subject of a movie produced by
and starring Oprah Winfrey. Trivial soiling. About Fine        $350.00

5.  MORRISON,  Toni  &  LACOUR, Claudia  Brodsky  (eds.).  BIRTH  OF A
NATION'HOOD:  GAZE,  SCRIPT, AND SPECTACLE IN THE O. J. SIMPSON  CASE.
New  York:  Pantheon  (1997).  First  Edition.  A  softcover  original
collection  of  essays  on  the O. J. Simpson  case.  In  addition  to
co-editing   the  book,  Morrison   supplies  an  insightful   21-page
introduction.  SIGNED  by  the author and Nobel Prize  winner  on  the
title page. Fine                                               $150.00

6.  MORRISON,  Toni.  JAZZ.  London: Chatto  &  Windus  (1992).  First
Edition.  First  English  Edition. SIGNED by the author on  the  title
page. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.                                $125.00

7.  MORRISON, Toni. JAZZ. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library  1992.
First  Edition.  Bound  in gilt-decorated leather. A  Limited  Edition
preceding  the  trade edition with a note from the critic Henry  Louis
Gates,  Jr.  not  in  the trade edition. SIGNED by  the  author.  Fine
                                                                $250.00

8.  MORRISON,  Toni. JAZZ. New York: Knopf 1992. First Edition.  First
Trade  Edition after the Signed Limited Edition issued by the Franklin
Library.  SIGNED  by  the  author  on the title  page.  Fine  in  Fine
dustwrapper.                                                   $150.00

9.  MORRISON,  Toni.  PARADISE. New York: Knopf 1998.  First  Edition.
SIGNED  by the author on the title page and quite uncommon thus as she
primarily  signed  bookplates only on her tour for this book  and  not
the book itself, as she did here. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.    $200.00

10.  MORRISON,  Toni.  PLAYING IN THE DARK. Cambridge,  MA  &  London:
Harvard  1992. First Edition. Nobel Prize winner's nonfiction work  on
"Whiteness  and the Literary Imagination." SIGNED on the title page by
the author. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.                          $250.00

-- 

All books subject to prior sale.  Cash with order; institutions may be 
billed.  Postage additional:  $9.00 for the first book, $5.00 each 
thereafter.  Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania 
residents must add 6% sales tax.  Mastercard, Visa, American Express and 
Discover accepted.  Books may be returned within 10 days of receipt for 
any reason provided they are in the same condition as sent and prior 
notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.  We carry a 
diverse stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century 
Literary First Editions, Autographed Books, and Limited Editions Club 
books.  We are celebrating our 20th year of business and are proud to be 
members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and 
the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) as well as 
the Manuscript Society and the Universal Autograph Collectors Club 
(UACC).  Please feel free to contact us with any wants or offerings. 
Thank you.

CHARLES AGVENT
291 Linden Road
Mertztown, PA  19539-8750
610-682-4750
agvent at erols.com
Visit our home page:  http://www.erols.com/agvent