THE SWEET FLYPAPER OF LIFE by HUGHES, LANGSTON AND DE CARAVA, ROY - 1955

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.

Simon & Schuster, 1955. The simultaneous softcover edition of the classic collaboration between Hughes and DeCarava. In pictorial wrappers. About fine.

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.