I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

First edition of the author's critically acclaimed first book. Octavo. Original black cloth. First issue, with top edge stained red. Signed by the author, "Joy Maya Angelou". Some remnants of what looks to be a former bookplate on the front free endpaper, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with a closed tear to the front panel and some wear to the spine tips.