I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

$3,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition · Signed

New York: Random House, 1969. First edition, first printing with red topstain. Signed by Maya Angelou on the dedication page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt and red foil. Very Good+ with slight lean to binding, light roiling to cloth and rubbing to spine lettering. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light scratching to rear panel and minor toning to flaps. A great copy

• Printing: first

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