All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou. This is the true first edition of the book and precedes the trade edition. There is a special introduction by the author that appears in no other edition. Broadly hand-signed by Maya Angelou, the book, in MINT condition (in original, unopened, sealed wrapping), features premium hand-cut full leather boards with a distinctive cover design in ornate 22-karat gold gild.
The spine is hubbed with raised horizontal ridges formed in the leather. There are marbled end papers with a sewn in matching satin bookmark. The pages are gold gilded to protect against dust and moisture and the paper used is acid neutral to last generations without discoloring.
Born on April 4, 1928, in St. In 1971, Angelou published the Pulitzer Prize-nominated poetry collection Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water'Fore I Die.
She later wrote the poem "On the Pulse of Morning"one of her most famous workswhich she recited at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993. Angelou received several honors throughout her career, including two NAACP Image Awards in the outstanding literary work (nonfiction) category, in 2005 and 2009.
She died on May 28, 2014. Lin Library was the distribution arm of the Franklin Press, and it produced thousands of beautiful, high-quality leather bound books throughout its history. It began publishing in 1973 and closed permanently in 2000. You're a book-lover looking to complete your own collection, the following list, provided courtesy of.
Should be an invaluable resource. A total of 201 First Editions were issued, and this list is comprised of every leather-bound, signed, first edition title the Franklin Library ever published. These books are highly collectible and are only available on the secondary market.
They truly exemplify the best of the bookbinders craft. Airframe - Michael Crichton - 1996. Alienist - Caleb Carr - 1994. All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes - Maya Angelou - 1986. American Pastoral - Philip Roth - 1997.
Among School Children - Tracy Kidder - 1989. Anatomy Lesson - Phillip Roth - 1983. Angel of Darkness - Caleb Carr - 1997.
Angels and Insects - A. Another City, Not My Own - Dominick Dunne - 1997. Anything Considered - Peter Mayle - 1996. Apocalypse Wow - James Garner - 1997. Big Picture - Douglas Kennedy - 1997.Billy Straight - Jonathan Kellerman - 1998. Black Alley - Mickey Spillane - 1996. Blonde - Joyce Carol Oates - 2000. Bluebeard - Kurt Vonnegut - 1987.
Blues - John Hersey - 1987. Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe - 1987. Book and the Brotherhood - Iris Murdoch - 1988. Bourne Supremacy - Robert Ludlum - 1986.
Brazil - John Updike - 1994. Breathing Lessons - Anne Tyler - 1988. Broke Heart Blues - Joyce Carol Oates - 1999.Brotherly Love - Peter Dexter - 1991. Burden of Proof - Scott Turow - 1990. Call - John Hersey - 1985. Case of Curiosities - Allen Kurzweil - 1991.
Celebration - Mary Lee Settle - 1986. Centurion - Jan De Hartog - 1989. Charity - Len Deighton - 1996. Charley Bland - Mary Lee Settle - 1989. Chasing Cezanne - Peter Mayle - 1997.
Cider House Rules - John Irving - 1985. Circle of Friends - Maeve Binchy - 1990.City of God - E. Cloak of Light - Wright Morris - 1985.
Closing Time - Joseph Heller - 1994. Copper Beech - Maeve Binchy - 1992. Counterlife - Phillip Roth - 1986. Crossing to Safety - Wallace Stegner - 1987.
Curious Case of Sidd Finch - George Plimpton - 1987. Cycles of American History - Arthur M. Damascus Gate - Robert Stone - 1998. Dangerous Woman - Mary McGarry Morris - 1991. Dark Lady - Richard North Patterson - 1999.Death is a Lonely Business - Ray Bradbury - 1985. Death of Methuselah - Isaac B. Decision - Allen Drury - 1983. Delusions of Grandma - Carrie Fisher - 1994.
Depths of Glory - Irving Stone - 1985. Devices and Desires - P. Diary of a Yuppie - Louis Auchincloss - 1986. Disclosure - Michael Crichton - 1993. Empire - Gore Vidal - 1987.English Music - Peter Ackroyd - 1992. Esau - Philip Kerr - 1997.
Eva Luna - Isabel Allende - 1988. Exit Lady Masham - Louis Auchincloss - 1983. Fanatic Heart - Edna O'Brien - 1984.
Father Melancholy's Daughter - Gail Godwin - 1991. Fierce Invalids From Hot Climates - Tom Robbins -2000. Fifth Son - Elie Wiesel - 1985. Finishing School - Gail Godwin - 1984.
Flaming Corsage - William Kennedy - 1996. Foreign Affairs - Alison Lurie - 1984. Foucaults Pendulum - Umberto Eco - 1989. Foxfire - Joyce Carol Oates - 1993.
Galapagos - Kurt Vonnegut - 1985. General's Daughter - Nelson Demille - 1992. Gertrude and Claudius - John Updike - 2000. God in Ruins - Leon Uris - 1999. God Knows - Joseph Heller - 1984. Gods of War - John Toland - 1985. Great Fake Book - Vance Bourjaily - 1986. Haj - Leon Uris - 1984. Heart of War - Lucian Truscott - 1997.His Little Women - Judith Rossner - 1990. Hocus Pocus - Kurt Vonnegut - 1990. Hong Kong - Jan Morris - 1988. Hooking Up - Tom Wolfe - 2000. Hope - Len Deighton - 1996.
Hotel Pastis A novel in Provence - Peter Mayle - 1993. Human Stain - Philip Roth - 2000. Hundred Secret Senses - Amy Tan - 1995. I Married a Communist - Philip Roth - 1998. In America - Susan Sontag - 2000. In the Beauty of the Lilies - John Updike - 1996. Inconvenient Woman - Dominick Dunne - 1990. Infinite Plan - Isabel Allende - 1993. Intensity - Dean Koontz - 1995. Jazz - Toni Morrison - 1992.Joe Dimaggio - Richard Cramer - 2000. Jump and Other Stories - Nadine Gordimer - 1991. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton - 1990.
Killing Man - Mickey Spillane - 1989. Kingdom of the Wicked - Anthony Burgess - 1985. Kitchen God's Wife - Amy Tan - 1991. Kowloon Tong - Paul Theroux - 1997. Ladder of Years - Anne Tyler - 1995.
Last Don - Mario Puzo - 1996. Last Tango in Brooklyn - Kirk Douglas - 1994. Last Thing He Wanted - Joan Didion - 1996. Laws of Our Fathers - Scott Turow - 1996.
Lincoln - Gore Vidal - 1984. Little Wilson and Big God - Anthony Burgess - 1987. Long March - Harrison E. Lost World - Michael Crichton - 1995.Lyre of Orpheus - Robertson Davies - 1988. Man in Full - Tom Wolfe - 1998. Man Who Was Late - Louis Begley - 1992.
Marya a Life - Joyce Carol Oates - 1986. Memories of the Ford Administration - John Updike - 1992.
Merrick - Anne Rice - 2000. Murther and Walking Spirits - Robertson Davies - 1991. Mysteries of Winterthurn - Joyce Carol Oates - 1984. Nine Women - Shirley Ann Grau - 1986. No Safe Place - Richard North Patterson - 1998.
Now and Then - Joseph Heller - 1998. On the Firing Line - William F.
Only Problem - Muriel Spark - 1984. Operation Shylock - Philip Roth - 1993.Oswald's Tale - Norman Mailer - 1995. Our Game - John Le Carre - 1995.
Outerbridge Reach - Robert Stone - 1992. O-Zone - Paul Theroux - 1986. Paper Boy - Pete Dexter - 1994.
Patchwork Planet - Anne Tyler - 1998. Patient Has the Floor - Alistair Cooke - 1986. Personal Injuries - Scott Turow - 1999.
Phantom of Manhattan - Frederick Forsyth - 1999. Picasso - Arianna Huffington - 1988. Playing for Keeps (Michael Jordan) - David Halberstam - 1999. Playland - John Dunne - 1994. Pleading Guilty - Scott Turow - 1993.Polar Star - Martin Cruz Smith - 1989. Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving - 1989. Private Lies - Warren Adler - 1991. Quicker Than the Eye - Ray Bradbury - 1996. Rabbit at Rest - John Updike - 1990.
Red White and Blue - John Dunne - 1987. Redemption - Leon Uris - 1995. Rising Sun - Michael Crichton - 1992. River Town - Thomas Keneally - 1995.
Road Rage - Ruth Rendell - 1997. Road to Wellville - T. Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood - 1993. Roger's Version - John Updike - 1986.
Rose - Martin Cruz Smith - 1996. Saint Maybe - Anne Tyler - 1991. Season in Purgatory - Dominick Dunne - 1993. Seventh Heaven - Alice Hoffman - 1990. Short Story of a Prince - Jane Hamilton - 1998.
Single and Single - John Le Carre - 1999. Siro - David Ignatius - 1991. Smithsonian Institution - Gore Vidal - 1998.Son of the Circus - John Irving - 1994. Songlines - Bruce Chatwin - 1987. Spock on Spock - B. Story of Henri Tod - William F.
Summers Lease - John Mortimer - 1988. Thanatos Syndrome - Walker Percy - 1987.
The Gift of Asher Lev - Chaim Potok - 1990. Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien - 1990. Three From the Stage - Neil Simon - 1995. Time of Change - Harrison E. Timebends - Arthur Miller - 1987. Timeline - Michael Crichton - 1999. Tomcat in Love - Tim O'Brien - 1998. Tough Guys Don't Dance - Norman Mailer - 1984. Toward the End of Time - John Updike - 1997. Travels - Michael Crichton - 1988. Truth about Lorin Jones - Alison Lurie - 1988. Turn in the South - V. Turtle Moon - Alice Hoffman - 1992.Unto the Sons - Gay Talese - 1992. Venerable Bead - Richard Condon - 1992. Vittorio the Vampire - Anne Rice - 1999. Volcano Lover - Susan Sontag - 1992. Vortex - Larry Bond - 1991.
We Are Still Married - Garrison Keillor - 1989. Where I'm Calling From - Raymond Carver - 1988. Which Lie Did I Tell? - William Goldman - 2000. Will You Always Love Me? - Joyce Carol Oates - 1996. Wings of the Morning - Thomas Tryon - 1990. Witches of Eastwick - John Updike - 1984.World of Love - Joseph P. You Must Remember This - Joyce Carol Oates - 1987. The item "LTD Signed First Edition Leather with22kGold ALL GOD'S CHILDREN Maya Angelou" is in sale since Saturday, February 27, 2016. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "hogidmd" and is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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