Beloved / a novel by Toni Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019.

Contributor:

Schmiderer, Dorothy, typographer, binding designer.

Scudellari, R. D., jacket designer.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Fiction.

African American women.

Enslaved women--Fiction.

Enslaved women.

Infanticide--Fiction.

Infanticide.

Ohio--Fiction.

Ohio.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy 1)

Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy 2)

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages, 275 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Distribution:

New York : Distributed by Random House, Inc.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

Summary:

From one of America's most brilliant and acclaimed writers comes her most important and accomplished achievement yet, the magnificently told, powerfully moving story of remarkable occurrences in the life and spirit of an ex-slave.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."

"The text of this book was set in Sabon, a type face designed by Jan Tschichold (1902-1974), the well-known German typographer."--A Note on the Type.

"Typography and binding design by Dorothy Schmiderer."

"Jacket design by R. D. Scudellari."

A Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection.

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Fiction, Winner, 1988

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 have dust jackets retained.

Banks Collection copy 1 has "First Edition" statement wanting.

Banks Collection copy 2 has embossed stamp "JB Library of Joanna Banks".

ISBN:

0394535979

OCLC:

15284982