Angelou (Maya) Gather Together in My Name, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends a little creased, otherwise excellent 8vo, New York, 1974.

⁂ The second in Angelou's 7-book memoir series, following immediately on from the events in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Written three years after Caged Bird, the book depicts a single mother's descent down the social ladder into poverty and crime and touches on similar themes of poverty, racial abuse, family and identity.