I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

$2,200 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition · Signed

New York: Random House, 1969. First edition, first printing, first state with red topstain. Signed by Maya Angelou on the half-title page and inscribed: Dexter Love, Your brother Darryl wishes you Joy. So do I with date 6/8/2012. vi , 282, 1 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt and red foil. Very Good with light wear and fading to covers, mottling to spine, bump to upper edge of rear board, and some

• Printing: first

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