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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. by Angelou, Maya - 1969

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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. by Angelou, Maya - 1969

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

by Angelou, Maya

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New York: Random House, 1969. First edition of Angelou's critically acclaimed first book. Octavo, original first issue book, with the top edge stained red. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Roger Stephens, Joy! Maya Angelou." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. An exceptional example. "This testimony from a black sister marks the beginning of a new era in the minds and hearts of all black men and women... I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity. I have no words for this achievement, but I know that not since the days of my childhood, when the people in books were more real than the people one saw every day, have I found myself so moved... Her portrait is a biblical study in life in the midst of death" (James Baldwin). Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century and by Time Magazine as one of the top 100 non-fiction books written in English since 1923.
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  • Publisher Random House
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1969
  • Keywords I Know Why the Caged Birds Sings Signed First Edition, Maya Angelou Signed First Edition, signed, Southern Literature

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Catch-22

by Heller, Joseph

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. First edition. Original blue cloth, fine in a nearly fine dust jacket (faint wear and discoloration on the spine). Inscribed by Heller.
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A Wrinkle In Time.
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A Wrinkle In Time.

by L'Engle, Madeleine

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New York: Ariel Books, 1962. First edition of L'Engle's Newbery award-winning novel. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sam, Tesser Well Madeleine L'Engle." Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket that shows some light wear and a closed tear to the front panel. Without the Newbery Award-winning seal to the front panel. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very sharp example.
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Invisible Man.

by Ellison, Ralph

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New York: Random House, 1952. First edition of the author's landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Boldly signed by Ralph Ellison on the title page. Fine in an near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example. Ralph Ellison’s first novel is "one of the most important works of the 20th century" (New York Times). It went on to win the National Book Award in 1953. It was named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century and to TIME Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005, calling it "the quintessential American picaresque of the 20th century." According to The New York Times, President Barack Obama modeled his memoir Dreams from My Father on Ellison's novel.
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Stranger in a Strange Land

by Heinlein, Robert

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NY. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; G. P. Putnam's Sons; 1961; . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Green illustrated dust wrapper. Very good, several small creases and nicks to edges. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. Green hardcover with yellow titles to spine. Very good, very light rubbing to edges and spine. BCE 414 pages. Heinlein is probably most notable for his sci-fi book Starship Troopers. Rare in dust jacket. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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Of Mice & Men

by Steinbeck, John

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NY: Covici Friede Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Tan cloth first edition, first issue with "pendula" on page 9, line 21 and a dot between the 8s on page 99, and all first edition points. The dust jacket is first issue and it is priced to flap at $2.00. This is a lovely tight copy, with only a slight fading of the topstain and a bookseller ticket at rear. The DJ is slightly sunned/faded. Housed in a custom clamshell box with chemise. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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A Wrinkle In Time.
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A Wrinkle In Time.

by L'Engle, Madeleine

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New York: Ariel Books, 1962. First edition of L'Engle's Newbery award-winning novel. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sam, Tesser Well Madeleine L'Engle." Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket that shows some light wear and a closed tear to the front panel. Without the Newbery Award-winning seal to the front panel. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very sharp example.
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Howl and Other Poems (SIGNED BY 5 OF THE BOOK'S PRINCIPAL FIGURES)
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by Allen Ginsberg

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San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. Original wraps. Near Fine. A remarkable Association copy of the 1956 correct 1st edition. This copy not only conforms to all the original issue points but is in beautiful, near-pristine condition. Furthermore, THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY 5 OF THE KEY FIGURES IN THE BOOK'S GENESIS: 1) ALLEN GINSBERG (on the title page); 2) LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI (on the copyright page); 3) LUCIEN CARR (on the dedication page); 4) WILLIAM BURROUGHS (also on the dedication page); and 5) CARL SOLOMON (on the first blank endpaper). In other words, this copy is signed by the book's author, its publisher and by 3 of its 5 dedicatees (only Jack Kerouac's and Neal Cassady's signatures are missing from this copy). Notably, of the 5 signatures, all critically important to the birth and evolution of "Howl", Lucien Carr's appears to be the most elusive. We know that Carr's relationship with the Beats grew tense early on and that he insisted his name be removed from all subsequent… Read More
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Invisible Man.

Invisible Man.

by Ellison, Ralph

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New York: Random House, 1952. First edition of the author's landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Boldly signed by Ralph Ellison on the title page. Fine in an near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example. Ralph Ellison’s first novel is "one of the most important works of the 20th century" (New York Times). It went on to win the National Book Award in 1953. It was named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century and to TIME Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005, calling it "the quintessential American picaresque of the 20th century." According to The New York Times, President Barack Obama modeled his memoir Dreams from My Father on Ellison's novel.
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Of Mice & Men
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Of Mice & Men

by Steinbeck, John

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NY: Covici Friede Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Tan cloth first edition, first issue with "pendula" on page 9, line 21 and a dot between the 8s on page 99, and all first edition points. The dust jacket is first issue and it is priced to flap at $2.00. This is a lovely tight copy, with only a slight fading of the topstain and a bookseller ticket at rear. The DJ is slightly sunned/faded. Housed in a custom clamshell box with chemise. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).

by Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

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New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1886. Early printing of Twain's masterpiece, inscribed by Mark Twain. Octavo, bound in half buckram by Roycroft with paper labels to the spine, tissue-guarded frontispiece photogravure plate of Gerhardt's bust of Clemens, one hundred and seventy-four illustrations by E. W. Kemble. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Mr. Garth W. Cate: Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it. Truly Yours, Mark Twain, Nov. 25/06." With a lengthy letter of provenance dated October 14, 1964 and signed by the recipient which reads in part, "Dear Mr. Jacobs, If I had been younger and could have carried out a study of some of Mark Twain's motives and acts, I never would have parted with my cherished old copy of the first printing of Huckleberry Finn. This was the first book given to me by my father... In 1906-1907 I was a lecture manager for Elbert Hubbard, the Sage of East Aurora, whose quasi-socialist group The… Read More
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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