Lot 326
Angelou (Maya) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, New York, 1969.
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Angelou (Maya) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, original black cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge stained red, fine dust-jacket, not faded or price-clipped, 8vo, New York, 1969.
⁂ First issue of this important work, her first auto-biographical volume, describing her childhood and early teenage years against a backdrop of racism and misogyny. The inscription is to Frank Kaufmann and is dated 1983. This issue with number line 9 to 2 beneath "first printing", dust-jacket priced $5.95 and with 2/70 on rear flap.
Description
Angelou (Maya) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, original black cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge stained red, fine dust-jacket, not faded or price-clipped, 8vo, New York, 1969.
⁂ First issue of this important work, her first auto-biographical volume, describing her childhood and early teenage years against a backdrop of racism and misogyny. The inscription is to Frank Kaufmann and is dated 1983. This issue with number line 9 to 2 beneath "first printing", dust-jacket priced $5.95 and with 2/70 on rear flap.
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