Description:
New York: Hill and Wang, 1967. Third printing (February 1969) (stated). Softcover. Fair. Trade-size. B&W photos by DeCarava. 5F. BInding is tight with uncreased spine; no marks to text. However, condition is rated "Fair only" because there is significant wear (including reading crease) and staining to covers, and the title and facing pages are marked where leaves were pressed between the pages. Name in ink on half-title page, and small mark in red ink inside back cover. Page-edges are browned. A few spots to pages here and there.
The Sweet Flypaper of Life (With Publisher's Printing Error) by Langston Hughes and Roy De Carava - 1955
by Langston Hughes and Roy De Carava
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life (With Publisher's Printing Error)
by Langston Hughes and Roy De Carava
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1955 stated 1st edition, in its less common hardback. This copy, while perfectly presentable and attractive, includes a publisher's printing error (in which the image of the front cover has been printed over what should have been the copyright and dedication pages). In spite of this, solid and VG, with a band of light offsetting to the top and bottom edges. Internally, very clean, with no writing or markings apart from the publisher's printing error. And in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing along the spine and several small closed tears at the panel edges. 12mo, a brilliant fusing of text and image, with Langston Hughes's narrative accompanying Roy De Carava's rich gravures.
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Bookseller
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- Format/Binding Cloth
- Book Condition Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition Very Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1955
- Keywords rare African-American, rare Langston Hughes, rare Roy De Carava
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life
by Roy De Carava and Langston Hughes
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Third printing (February 1969) (stated)
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9780809013388
- ISBN 10
- 080901338x
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life
by Roy DeCarava & Langston Hughes
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- Condition
- Used
- ISBN 13
- 9789000026234
- ISBN 10
- 9000026237
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Oxford, Mississippi, United States
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Simon & Schuster, 1955. The simultaneous softcover edition of the classic collaboration between Hughes and DeCarava. In pictorial wrappers. About fine.
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life
by Roy De Carava and Langston Hughes
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. A solid copy of the 1955 stated 1st printing, in its less common hardback edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine (very light offsetting along the edges) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.95), VG- example of the fragile dustjacket, with a small degree of chipping at the spine ends, light creasing and wear to the edges, and mild soiling along the panels. Still though, presentable and attractive, and internally, clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind. 12mo, one of the great pairings of text and image in 20th century African-American lieterature, with Langston Hughes's moving narrative beautifully complementing Roy De Carava's keenly-felt gravure photographs.
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