THE COLOR PURPLE by Walker, Alice - 1982

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Collector's Edition, a volume in the Great Books of the 20th Century series. Signed by Alice Walker on the title page. A powerful novel concerning an abused and uneducated black woman's struggle for empowerment, this work was widely praised for the depth of its female characters and for its eloquent use of black English vernacular. It won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, and served as the basis for the 1985 motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey. Collector's Notes laid in. Octavo. Full green leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy.