Description
Inscribed to playwright Arthur Miller, a limited edition printing of All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou.
Octavo, [xx], 211pp. Full green morocco, gilt pattern and trim stamped to covers. Four raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, lightly scuffed, with green silk bookmark sewn-in. Marbled endpapers. Limitation page stated this copy “has been privately printed and personally signed by Maya Angelou, exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society.” Solid text block, appears unread.
Inscribed by Angelou on the front flyleaf: “Arthur Miller, I thank you for your great gifts to us all. Maya Angelou, Joy! 1/88.”
An exceptional association copy.
Arthur Miller (1915-2005) was a renowned American playwright. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1949 for his work, “Death of a Salesman.” Miller’s writing often had political and social undertones; most notably “The Crucible” (1953), in which he used the Salem witch trials as an allegory for the intensity of the McCarthyism era of the 1950s.
