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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Angelou, Maya
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. The first edition, third printing of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, signed by Maya Angelou.. Octavo, 281pp. [1]. Black cloth, title stamped in gilt and red on spine. The third printing, lacking the "first edition" statement and the number line ending at 3 on the copyright page. Slight lean to text block, clean text throughout. In the publisher's second issue dust jacket, $6.95 retail price on front flap, "2/70" code on rear panel, wear at top of spine, short closed tear at hinges along top edge, bright illustrations. Dust jacket designed by Vincent Torre. (Blockson 3069) This copy is signed on the front free endpaper: "Karen _, Joy! Maya Angelou.
Synopsis
Titled after a stanza from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy,” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the first of a series of seven autobiographical novels by African-American poet and writer Maya Angelou. Personally deeply involved and affected by the civil rights movement, the volume explores racism and identity in her early life. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was nominated for the National Book Award in 1970. However, due to its depiction of controversial subjects such as sexuality, lesbianism and rape, the use of the novel in classrooms has been frequently challenged.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14145
- Title
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Author
- Angelou, Maya
- Illustrator
- The first edition, third printing of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, signed by Maya Angelou.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Third Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- signed book Maya Angelou, our grandmothers Angelou, first edition Why The Caged Bird Sings, Poems Maya Angelou, signed Maya Angelou, Gather Together in My Name
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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