Purple and black boards with gold writing on spine; author's signature embossed on front board in gold. Lower corner of front board has slight bump; top and bottom of book spine very slightly rumpled. Very slight shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine, but tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Random House First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "FIRST EDITION" and number line of "2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3" on copyright page. Random House is one of few publishing houses that do not start the number line of their first printings with the number "1". Maya Angelou's complementary book to her previous Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

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Maya Angelou has written five volumes of autobiography, including the bestselling I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , and many collections of poetry, as well as On the Pulse of Morning , the poem she read at the inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton. All of these poems have been gathered together in The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou . Maya Angelou is currently Reynolds Professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Also by Maya Angelou AUTOBIOGRAPHY I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Gather Together in My Name Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas The Heart of a Woman All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes POETRY Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well And Still I Rise Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? I Shall Not Be Moved On the Pulse of Morning Phenomenal Woman The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou A Brave and Startling Truth ESSAYS Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

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Bookseller: Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: ANGL006
Title: Even the Stars Look Lonesome
Author: Maya Angelou
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0375500316
ISBN 13: 9780375500312
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1997-08-05
Pages: 145
Keywords: maya angelou; even the stars look lonesome
Bookseller catalogs: Non-Fiction;

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