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Angelou, Maya.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Publisher: Easton Press, Conneticut;
Date of Publication: 1999
Stock Code: 12091
FIRST THUS, SIGNED. Octavo, pp. 281. Publisher’s scarlet morocco with four raised bands, gilt titles spine, ornate gilt double fillet border to boards and a gold ribbon bookmark. Signed by Maya Angelou twice, once to the signature leaf and once to the laid-in Certificate of Authenticity from Easton Press. Also laid-in is brief promotional sheet about the author also from Easton Press. A near fine copy. The autobiography of famous writer and poet, Maya Angelou, ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ is the first volume in a series of seven following Angelou from age 3 to 16, in which Angelou describes her experiences with racist discrimination and prejudice. £350.00