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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. [FINE PRESS BOOKS]. [BIGGERS, John (1924-2001), illustrator]. ANGELOU, Maya (1928-2014). Our Grandmothers. [New York:] The Limite

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. [FINE PRESS BOOKS]. [BIGGERS, John (1924-2001), illustrator]. ANGELOU, Maya (1928-2014). Our Grandmothers. [New York:] The Limited Editions Club, [1994]. Large folio. Illustrated with 5 lithographs by Biggers. Unpaginated. Publisher's full red cloth, front board lettered in black, publisher's matching red cloth clamshell box with black paper label inset on upper lid. #289/400 COPIES SIGNED BY ANGELOU AND BIGGERS. 

Condition

Minor wear to label, upper corner of box lid bumped. Fine.

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A beautifully illustrated version of Angelou's poem celebrating African-American women who came before. Laid-in is the Limited Editions Club newsletter.