Commonly banned, civil rights era literary classic in great condition, hardcover with dust jacket & plastic sleeve, some bending in spine, age spots on exterior paper edge, interior pages like new, a personal vintage sticker from original reader on inside of cover, perfect for your library collection First Printing 9 8 7 65 43 2 Copyright © 1969 by Maya Angelou Published in the United States by Random House, Inc, New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-85598 The title, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, is from the poem "Sympathy," by Paul Laurence Dunbar. 6”x9”x2”