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. 208, discoloration inside boards, embossed stamp on front flyleaf, DJ worn and small tears: small pieces missing at spine. 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

Huntington, NY: Robert E. Krieger Pub. Co., 1972. Reprint Edition. 24 cm, 343 & 502, 2-vol. set, footnotes, bibliography, index, some marks and scratches to boards. More

New York: BasicBooks, c1991. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 286, ink notation on front endpaper, slight wear to DJ edges. More

Hayward, CA: California State College, [1969?]. 28 cm, 143, wraps, covers stapled, some wear and soiling to covers. More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. First Edition. 144, illus., rough spot ins fr flylf, tape stains ins fr bd, lib stamps ins fr & r flylf, rough spot on DJ spine, some wear to DJ. More

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971. First? Edition. First? Printing. 19 cm, 206, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, boards slightly worn and soiled. More

Chicago, Il: Rand McNally & Company, 1967. Reprint. Fourth printing, 1969. Hardcover. xix, 471 p. illus. 24 cm. Footnotes. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. 38, illus., endpaper maps, foxing ins bds & flylves, stains to front flyleaves, DJ soiled: small tears, small pieces missing. More