Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy,achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the ...
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Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy,achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother's lover.
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Good. Second printing with 9-3 number line. Janet Halvorsen jacket design. Jacket shows moderate edgewear (with small chips), scratching & aging, but is not price-clipped & is covered in a protective mylar sleeve. Pages are unmarked, but tanned w/ very light foxing. Secure binding. Photos available on request. Signature may be required for delivery. Ships with tracking the same or next business day from New Haven, CT. We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.
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Good in Good jacket. Price Clipped, Clean With No Remainder Mark Or Gift Inscription. The Book Is Good Condition. Price Clipped. Inscription At The 1St End Paper. Random House 1St Printing Stated At The Copy Right Page. Creasedbased on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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Very good in good dust jacket. gift inscription on first end page, minimal marginal markings, dj has closed tear on back, some small chips. See photo. 281 p. 22 cm. Autobiography.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First printing, with 'first printing' statement and number line to '2' as is consistent with Random House first printings of this era. Black cloth with gold and red titling and decoration, very good with thin margins of sunning along top and bottom of the spine, light shelf-wear. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good with scuffing and light edgewear, small closed tears to either side of spine head. Cover price $5.95 at front inner flap. Red topstain to top of textblock. Interior bright, and free of markings.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Spectacular Copy of The Author's First Book. Fine Copy In Like Jacket. $5.95 On Flap. Red Top Stain First Printing With Number line Starting With 2. Exceptional Copy Of Her Masterpiece.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 281p. Original black cloth. dj. 21 cm. Ends of backstrip slightly faded and rubbed. Ends of jacket backstrip and corners rubbed. INSCRIBED ("To Yvette LeRoy Thanks for your warm support. More joy! Maya Angelou"). Her first book and the first of her autobiographical works.
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Very Good. No DJ as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall A beautiful crisp clean leather bound hardcover copy in near fine condition, Easton press bookplate without name on front endpaper and faintly bumped upper corners. Signed by author.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First printing of the author's extraordinary first book. An unusually nice copy in a bright, unclipped and unchipped dust jacket. Black cloth binding with gilt and red spine stamping is also bright and clean. Top edge red staining is unfaded. The only detectable flaw is on the fore-edge, which has a few tiny dark specks. A beautiful book in every way, wrapped for preservation.