The Color Purple, Alice Walker. First Edition.

The Color Purple, Alice Walker First edition, first printing of Walker's third novel, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. First edition denoted by "First Edition" and "BCDE" to copyright page. Publisher's original cream paper-covered boards over purple cloth spine, spine lettered in silver; pp. [viii], 245. A near fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy and square, minimal shelfwear to boards, foxing to edges of text block. Internally clean with no markings. Jacket shows just a hint of shelfwear. A very presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.