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Beloved: A Novel

1987

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A hardback copy of "Beloved: A Novel" by Toni Morrison. The book has a paper dust jacket with a clear plastic cover. The jacket is white with red, black, and green type. The front of the jacket reads: "BELOVED / A NOVEL / TONI / MORRISON". The back of the jacket has a black-and-white head shot of Toni Morrison wearing a dark cardigan, hoop earrings, and smiling at the camera in a posed stance. Text printed on the spine of the jacket reads: "BELOVED / TONI / MORRISON / ALFRED A. KNOPF" with a running animal logo above the Knopf text. Black text is printed on the front and back interior flaps of the jacket with a plot synopsis and author biography.

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Catalog reference: 2014.58.4

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