The Sweet Flypaper of Life
by Decarava, Roy & Langston Hughes
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 088258152X
- ISBN 13
- 9780882581521
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-345: Howard University Press. Very Good. 1984. First, thus. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Howard University Press, Washington, DC. 1984. 112 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First, thus. DJ has light shelf-wear present with a chip present to the crown of the spine. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Sweet Flypaper of Life is a "poem" about ordinary people, about teenagers around a jukebox, about children at an open fire hydrant, about riding the subway alone at night, about picket lines and artist work spaces. This renowned, life-affirming collaboration between artist Roy DeCarava and writer Langston Hughes honors in words and pictures what the authors saw, knew and felt deeply about life in their city. EB; 10.70 X 9.60 X 0.90 inches; 112 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67084
- Title
- The Sweet Flypaper of Life
- Author
- Decarava, Roy & Langston Hughes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First, thus
- ISBN 10
- 088258152X
- ISBN 13
- 9780882581521
- Publisher
- Howard University Press
- Place of Publication
- E-345
- Date Published
- 1984
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.