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First printing. African American author's first book. James Baldwin called it "the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred ... it dares to confront the absolute terror which lives at the heart of love. " Toni Morrison was Jone's editor on these early books. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (slight fading to edges of boards and an imprinting of the dj design on the front cover, and very slight darkening to edges of dj, but overall an extremely attractive, very tight, copy.) .ISBN # 0-394-493230 

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