The Bluest Eye
- London: Chatto & Windus, 1979
London: Chatto & Windus, 1979. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Chatto & Windus, 1979. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (20.5); publisher’s simulated cloth in white pictorial dust jacket by Kate Cary retaining original price (£4.95); 164pp. Dust jacket gently rubbed and toned along edges; speck to top of rear panel at verso. Spines nudged; binding sound; pages unmarked; Very Good or better.
An attractive copy of the first British edition of the author's first book, originally published in 1970 after years of searching for a publisher. In 1993 Toni Morrison noted that “the initial publication of The Bluest Eye was like Pecola’s life: dismissed, trivialized, misread,” which may explain why it took the novel nine years to find its way to the British market.
Reference: Tessa Roynon, The Cambridge Introduction to Toni Morrison (2013), p. 22.
An attractive copy of the first British edition of the author's first book, originally published in 1970 after years of searching for a publisher. In 1993 Toni Morrison noted that “the initial publication of The Bluest Eye was like Pecola’s life: dismissed, trivialized, misread,” which may explain why it took the novel nine years to find its way to the British market.
Reference: Tessa Roynon, The Cambridge Introduction to Toni Morrison (2013), p. 22.