Description
The first edition, third printing of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, signed by Maya Angelou.
Octavo, 281pp. [1]. Black cloth, title stamped in gilt and red on spine. The third printing, lacking the “first edition” statement and the number line ending at 3 on the copyright page. Slight lean to text block, clean text throughout. In the publisher’s second issue dust jacket, $6.95 retail price on front flap, “2/70” code on rear panel, wear at top of spine, short closed tear at hinges along top edge, bright illustrations. Dust jacket designed by Vincent Torre.
(Blockson 3069)
This copy is signed on the front free endpaper: “Karen _, Joy! Maya Angelou.”
