Place_Pub: New York: Harper & Row, c1989. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 638, illus., appendix, index, front DJ flap creased, some creasing to DJ edges. More

The Easton Press, 2015. Signed Collector's Edition. Leather bound and boxed. [8], 281, [1] pages. Boxed, With Certificate of Authenticity laid in, signed by Maya Angelou and witnessed by Mildred Garris on 2/16/99. Also signed by Roy S. Pfeil, Publisher. Signed on a special signature page by Maya Angelou with the sentiment Joy!. Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim. She became a poet and writer after a series of occupations as a young adult. She was an actress, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs. In 1982, she was named the first Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was active in the Civil Rights Movement and worked with Martin Luther King Jr. With the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou publicly discussed aspects of her personal life. She was respected as a spokesperson for black people and women, and her works have been considered a defense of black culture. Her books center on themes such as racism, identity, family and travel. More

New York: L. B. Fischer, 1945. Second Printing. 208, discoloration inside boards, DJ somewhat soiled and small tears. More

New York: Random House, [1971]. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 436, DJ frayed at edges, edges slightly soiled. More

New York: Random House, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. v, [5], 517, [1] pages. Bibiographical notes. Index. Slight weakness to front board. DJ soiled, some wear and small tears along top & bottom DJ edges. Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 – February 28, 2004) was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Repudiating his youthful membership in the Communist Party while a Harvard undergraduate (1938–39), Boorstin became a political conservative and a prominent exponent of consensus history. He argued in The Genius of American Politics (1953) that ideology, propaganda, and political theory are foreign to America. His writings were often linked with such historians as Richard Hofstadter, Louis Hartz and Clinton Rossiter as a proponent of the "consensus school", which emphasized the unity of the American people and downplayed class and social conflict. Boorstin especially praised inventors and entrepreneurs as central to the American success story. More

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1945. Revised Edition. 24 cm, 717, illus., map, index, ink notation inside board, several pages have been folded at corner. More

New York: American Heritage Pub. Co., 1969. 29 cm, 399, illus. (some color), facsims., DJ worn, soiled, and torn. More

Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, 1965. 344, chapter notes, index, some soiling to fore-edge, DJ soiled and stained: small tears, small pieces missing. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1946]. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 221, illus., diagrams, endpaper maps, pencil erasure on half-title, DJ worn, chipped, and soiled. More

Asheville, NC: FBC Inc., 1998. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm, 300 pages. Map, slight sticker residue on DJ. Signed by the author. More

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1931. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 316, tables (1 fold-out), diagrams, usual library markings, front board weak. More

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, [1972]. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 23 cm, 231 pages, footnotes, bibliographical essay, index, DJ worn and soiled, small tears/chips to DJ edges, large tear in front DJ (repaired inside the DJ with tape). Inscribed, dated, and signed by the author. More

New York: Commonwealth Fund, 1947. 24 cm, 631, illus., index, corners bumped and edges soiled, rear board weak. More