Possessing the Secret of Joy

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1992. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); orange cloth spine over light gray paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 286pp. Trace foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Vaughn Andrews with illustration by David Shannon, unclipped (priced $19.95), with light creases to extremities and flaps; Near Fine. Walker continues the story of her character Tashi (The Color Purple), as she navigates marriage alongside her Olinkan culture. [85461].