Description:Good. Published by Hill and Wang, 1967, softbound. Spine sunned...Good. Published by Hill and Wang, 1967, softbound. Spine sunned, white portions of cover/page edges tanning. Front cover with two vertical creases, else gentle wear. Pages unmarked, spine uncreased.
Description:Good. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tall; A brilliant photographic...Good. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tall; A brilliant photographic view of black Harlem in the 1950's, presented as a fictional vignette seen through the eyes of a feisty, widowed woman, delighted to find her "feet caught in the sweet flypaper of life" and "...dogged if (she) want(s) to get loose." lightly rubbed, minor edge wear, all-in-all a quality first edition of this important work.
Description:Very good. No dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. First printing stated....Very good. No dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. First printing stated. Bound by H. Wolff Book. Slight browning to cover and edge wear (scan). 98 p. Includes illustrations.
Description:Good + No Jacket. First Edition "First Printing" Stated Lacks...Good + No Jacket. First Edition "First Printing" Stated Lacks jacket, some shelf/corner wear, previous owner's bookplate to front free endpaper, white cloth spine a bit tannedelse clean, name & note free. G+ in 1/4 cloth & black paper covered board 12 mo 98 pgs B&W photos.
Description:Very Good or better, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. The very...Very Good or better, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. The very uncommon cloth issue. Other than a small stain to the fore-edge of about the last 25 pages with minimal showing in the very outer margin, this is a bright, clean copy.
Description:Roy DeCarava (photographer) Very Good-Collectible in Very Good...Roy DeCarava (photographer) Very Good-Collectible in Very Good jacket. 1955 Simon and Schuster first edition first printing clean tight and unmarked slim hardcover in price intact jacket. Very light shelfwear only. Illustrated with black and white photographs by Roy DeCcarava.
Description:Very Good. [Inscribed to Amy Spingarn] *Hughes, Langston, 1902...Very Good. [Inscribed to Amy Spingarn] *Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 (text) and Roy DeCarava (photos). The Sweet Flypaper of Life. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 1st ed. photos, 98p. Hardcover. dj. 18cm. Jacket scuffed along edges and somewhat soiled and worn, with a couple of minor stains. Covers and contents sound and attractive. Very Good/Good. INSCRIBED on page preceding title-page by Hughes and DeCarava to Amy Spingarn. DeCarava wrote in blue ink: Sincerest wishes Roy DeCarava." Hughes wrote in green ink: Especially for Amy Spingarn, this pre-publication copy--Sincerely, Langston." Both inscriptions are dated Oct. 30, 1955. This copy is further INSCRIBED in pencil inside the back cover: "From a [? ] artist who layed out this book to a fellow layout artist, Amy. Guy [? ]." The first edition of this small classic was published in an edition of 3, 000 hardcover and 22, 000 paperback. It was acclaimed as a work of genius from the time it was published. The layout artist whose signature we can't decipher should also be credited.
Description:Approx. 5" x 7" VG softcover with grey spine and white lettering...Approx. 5" x 7" VG softcover with grey spine and white lettering under protective clear plastic overlay. Age-toned wraps have wear at corners and spine ends. Quite a lovely little book with wonderfully spry dialogue between photos and words. Clean and tight throughout. Case #2. Fiction. 9-3-1182888.
