Pub Year

Title

Author

Publisher

Original Price

Pages

- 1982 +

The Color Purple

Walker, Alice

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

$11.95

245

The first edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner was published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1982. It was 245 pages long, and the original retail price was $11.95. The first edition identification points are as follows: First edition states "First Edition" and the letter code "BCDE" on copyright page. Purple cloth-backed boards.

The Color Purple book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award.



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Picture of the 1982 first edition dust jacket for The Color Purple.

Picture of the 1982 first edition dust jacket for The Color Purple.

Identification picture of The Color Purple.
Identification picture of The Color Purple.
Identification picture of The Color Purple.
On the first printing dust jacket, the bottom of the back flap does not have the San

On the first printing dust jacket, the bottom of the back flap does not have the San Diego address of the publisher. That address was added to later printings.



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