POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. About fine in fine jacket.. Signed first printing of this novel exploring many of the same themes as THE COLOR PURPLE, especially love after trauma and universal sisterhood. 9.25'' x 5.25''. Original quarter orange cloth, grey paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($19.95) color pictorial dust jacket designed by Vaughn Andrews with image by David Shannon. Tan endpapers, fore-edge machine deckle. xii, 286 pages. Signed by Walker on title page. Faintest foxing to text block edges, else clean and beautiful.