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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Angelou, Maya
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- first
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. First edition, first printing, first issue. [vi], 281, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt with publisher's imprint in metallic red; with red topstain. Slight lean, tiny smudge on page facing title page, else Fine in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with faint staining to verso near foot. An attractive copy of Angelou's bestselling first autobiography.
Synopsis
Titled after a stanza from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy,” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the first of a series of seven autobiographical novels by African-American poet and writer Maya Angelou. Personally deeply involved and affected by the civil rights movement, the volume explores racism and identity in her early life. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was nominated for the National Book Award in 1970. However, due to its depiction of controversial subjects such as sexuality, lesbianism and rape, the use of the novel in classrooms has been frequently challenged.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140942592
- Title
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Author
- Angelou, Maya
- Book condition
- Used
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Jacket
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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