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The Sweet Flypaper of Life: Photographs by Roy DeCarava
by Hughes, Langston
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- near fine/very good +
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. near fine/very good +. 98pp, 12mo. Scarce hardcover first edition, stated first printing. Profusely illustrated with photographs by Roy DeCarava. A near fine copy in a very good + jacket. End papers are lightly foxed, else fine. Jacket is darkened along spine, minor wear to spine and edges. Unclipped, $2.95 price present on inner flap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47735
- Title
- The Sweet Flypaper of Life
- Author
- Hughes, Langston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- AFRICAN AMERICANA;
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About the Seller
Old New York Book Shop
Biblio member since 2017
Atlanta, Georgia
About Old New York Book Shop
The Old New York Book Shop was founded in 1971. I was located at 1069 Juniper St in Atlanta for more than 25 years. After the advent of the internet I moved to my home. I am a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America). All books are returnable for any reason within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. Books are described in adherence to the strict code of ethics and professionalism employed by the ABAA.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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