Description
Signed first edition of Toni Morrison’s Lecture and Speech of Acceptance Upon the Award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.
Twelvemo, 37pp. Full red cloth, title in gilt on spine, decorative plate on front cover. Stated “Fourth Printing, April 1996” on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. Housed in small plastic snap-closure bag.
Signed by the author on the front free endpaper: “For Michelle / Regards / Toni Morrison.” This first edition precedes the 2019 signed limited edition.
