I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Angelou, Maya
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 281 pages, 8vo. Jacket price clipped. Third Printing, with number line ending in the number 3. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine and front cover, red Random House emblem along spine. Shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges and covers, light fading along spine edges. DJ in mylar. Erased pencil notation on front endpaper. Tightly bound. Volume is in Very Good condition..
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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- Bookseller
- Russian Hill Bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061885
- Title
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Author
- Angelou, Maya
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- ANGELOU
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Russian Hill Bookstore, established in 1974, is one of the last family-owned used and new bookstores in San Francisco. We began as Sunset Bookstore in 1974, a small used bookshop servicing the Sunset District west of 19th Avenue, and have been in continual operation for the past 43 years. Over the years Sunset Bookstore has since closed and merged with Russian Hill Bookstore, which has grown to become also the best note card shop in the city, and a favorite place for toys and games for children of all ages.
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- gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in... [More]
- price clipped
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- Cloth
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- edges
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- spine
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- shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- number line
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- jacket
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