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Seller Description: Very Good+ in Near Fine jacket. First edition, first printing with red topstain. Signed by Maya Angelou on the dedication page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt and red foil. Very Good+ with slight lean to binding, light roiling to cloth and rubbing to spine lettering. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light scratching to rear panel and minor toning to flaps. A great copy of the author's best known work. See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good in Very Good+ jacket. First edition, first printing, first state with red topstain. Signed by Maya Angelou on the half-title page and inscribed: "Dexter Love, Your brother Darryl wishes you Joy. So do I" with date 6/8/2012. [vi], 282, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt and red foil. Very Good with light wear and fading to covers, mottling to spine, bump to upper edge of rear board, and some dispersal of gilt across cloth. Light foxing to textblock edges, light ... See More Details

Seller Description: BOOK NEAR FINE. JACKET VERY GOOD+ 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED, "JOY", BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY. See More Details

Seller Description: First edition, early printing of Angelou's critically acclaimed first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Marv Appelbaum Joy! Maya Angelou Nov 20 '76." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. An exceptional example. "This testimony from a black sister marks the beginning of a new era in the minds and hearts of all black men and women...I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, liberates the reader into life simply ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition, second printing of Angelou's critically acclaimed first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Yvette LeRoy Thanks for your warm support. More joy! Maya Angelou." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. An exceptional example. "This testimony from a black sister marks the beginning of a new era in the minds and hearts of all black men and women...I Know Why The Caged Bird ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie by Maya Angelou, published in 1971 First Printing & Edition Has all first issue points including the number line ending in a 2, which was Random House's tradition at the time This is a FINE book and jacket, a beautiful signed copy of the author's 2nd book and her first published poetry collection, bright, and beautiful A very nice copy of this important book See More Details

Seller Description: Very good. [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 ... See More Details

Seller Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Octavo. 214pp. A touch bumped at the crown else fine in very good or better dust jacket with corresponding bump at the crown, spine sunned and light wear. Inscribed by the author. The second volume in her autobiographical series and quite uncommon signed. See More Details

Seller Description: BOOK NEW. JACKET NEW. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Boldly SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a 3"x5" card attached to the book. "Joy" "Maya Angelou" AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. FIRST PRINTING WITH FULL NUMBER LINE FROM 1 TO 10. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1167 PAGES. SCARCE, HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY IN GIFT GIVING CONDITION. See More Details

Seller Description: First edition of the poem that Maya Angelou read at the Inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton on January 20, 1993. Small octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "____ ____ Joy Maya Angelou." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. "On the Pulse of Morning" is a poem by writer and poet Maya Angelou that she read at the first inauguration of President Bill Clinton on January 20, 1993. With her public recitation, Angelou became the second poet in ... See More Details

Seller Description: Book. Octavo. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Cream white spine with dark blue lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "U.S.A. $12.00-Canada $16.00", has mild wear along the fore corners, and mild wear along the edges. Textblock has mild age-toning throughout. Signed "Dick Gabler-Joy! " by Maya Angelou on title page. DL consignment. Shelved Case 0. Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou would become ... See More Details

Seller Description: Fine. Stated first edition of the wrappered issue, which precedes the hardcover. Fine in stapled wrappers. Inscribed by Angelou to her friend's mother. The text of the poem written by Angelou for the Clinton Inauguration. See More Details

Seller Description: Book. Octavo. In Very Good condition. Red covers with copper gilted lettering, covered in a plastic covering with a cardboard backing. Covers have mild wear along the edges. Textblock has mild age-toning along the edges. Signed "Joy! " by Maya Angelou on title page. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou would become notable not only for her moving poetry and fervent work as an activist for black people and women's rights, but also ... See More Details

Seller Description: Book condition is Near Fine, bound in full, genuine leather with gilt accents, 22kt gold page edges and a hubbed spine. Smyth sewn, interior vaunts moire end papers, acid-neutral paper (won't yellow or become brittle over time) and silk ribbon page marker. Text is clean and unmarked. Laid-in Certificate of Authenticity and 'A Note About' pamphlet. This is the much more uncommon original Easton Press signed edition from 1999. 8vo 9"-10" tall. Signed by the author, Maya Angelou. See More Details

Seller Description: 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. See More Details

Seller Description: Book. Octavo, 48 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with red, white, and purple lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$4.95." Minor general shelf wear. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Signed by Angelou on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 0. 1400505. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. See More Details

Seller Description: NEAR FINE in Very Good jacket. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author to dedication page: 'To Juli Veee, Joy! ' d. 5/87. 'Juli Veee' is the hall of fame soccer player of Hungary and San Diego, aka Gyula Visnyei. First edition. Orange cloth with red-gilt stamp to front cover and gilt-stamped spine lettering. Owner name to FFEP, some trivial offsetting to endpapers, and some very small rubbing to tail tips. Dust Jacket is a bit sunned to spine, some minor toning. See More Details

Seller Description: Near fine in a VG++ dust jacket, inscribed by the author on the half-title. See More Details

Seller Description: Andrew Bordwin (Jacket photograph) Good in Very good jacket. The format is approximately 6.625 inches by 8.25 inches. [10], 145, [5] pages. Author's inscription on the half title page reads Michael, Joy! . Maya Angelou 10/97. Last five lines underlined. Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and plays, movies, and ... See More Details

Seller Description: Good in Good jacket. First edition. Binding a little cocked, and a few modest stains on the boards, else a near very good copy in a good dust jacket with age-toning and several small chips and creases. Signed by the author: "Joy! Maya Angelou." The fourth volume in the author's multiple volume autobiography that began with *I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.*. See More Details

Seller Description: Fine in fine jacket. A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes. 218p quarto, illustrated A fie copy in a fine dust jacket Inscribed by Angelou to...... See More Details

Seller Description: NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by author to half-title: 'To Juli Veee, Joy! ' d. 5/87. 'Juli' is the hall of fame soccer player of Hungary and San Diego, Juli Veee aka Gyula Visnyei. First edition. Orange paper backed in red cloth with gilt-stamped lettering to front cover and spine. Some light rubbing to extremities, otherwise exceedingly clean and sharp. Dust jacket is price clipped at head of front flap, small water stain to front flap. See More Details

Seller Description: Fine in fine jacket. Octavo, 48pp. Per the copyright page, a second printing, with number line down to 2 and no "first edition" statement. The dust jacket has a different design than that of the first printing, and there is a printed date of 1997 on the rear flap. A fine, fresh, unread copy in the publsiher's black baords, in a fine dust jacket. Tiny remainder mark to top edge. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Angelou on the half-title page: "Sandra Montee, Joy! Maya Angelou 10/2003." ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition of the final volume in Angelou's autobiography series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Ann Sherry, Joy! from Wendy and Maya Angelou." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. Jacket photograph by Dwight Carter. "This is a superb account by a great woman who has embraced a difficult destiny with rare intelligence and infectious joie de vivre" (The Boston Globe). See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well by Maya Angelou, published in 1975 Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endsheet First Edition Hardcover with original jacket with only the very lightest shelfwear to the jacket See More Details