File:I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings front and back covers and spine, 1969 first edition.png

Summary[edit]

DescriptionI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings front and back covers and spine, 1969 first edition.png	English: First edition front and back covers and spine of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
Date	published 1969
Source	Raptis Rare Books (direct link) Proof of lack of copyright notice eBay: image 1 (front cover and spine) image 2 (front cover) image 3 (front cover) image 4 (front cover and spine) image 5 (side) image 6 (side) image 7 (side) image 8 (side) image 9 (back cover) image 10 (front flap) image 11 (front flap) image 12 (title page) image 13 (publication information) image 14 (pages) image 15 (back flap) image 16 (front and back covers and spine) image 17 (front and back flaps) image 18 (front cover and spine of book without dust jacket) image 19 (front cover of book without dust jacket)
Author	Photo on the jacket by Henry Monroe Jacket design by Janet Halverson
Other versions	This file has an extracted image: Portrait photograph of Maya Angelou by Henry Monroe from the 1969 first-edition dust jacket of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.png. File:I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings front and back covers and spine, 1969 first edition.webp (WEBP version)

Licensing[edit]

No copyright notices can be found on the dust jacket as shown in the eBay links above. Thus the entire dust jacket is in the public domain in the US.

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