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MORRISON, Toni (1931-2019). The Bluest Eye. New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.
8vo. Original blue cloth-backed boards (spine slightly skewed); original dust jacket (some scattered toning, front flap creased, else fine). (Few lines with penned underlining).
FIRST EDITION of Morrison’s first novel, written when she was a professor at Howard University. IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with close-up photograph of Morrison on the rear panel, priced “$5.95,” and with “1070” code on front flap. A keystone of African American literature, The Bluest Eye has been banned from public circulation in several states for its “vulgar” and “obscene” language and for its “graphic sexual descriptions”. 100 Banned Books, pp. 274-276.