The Sweet Flypaper of Life
by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good, with dampstaining, toning, edgewear, and soiling to wraps. Opens easily at a few gatherings, but a sound binding. Clean wi
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First Edition. Signature-bound [duodecimo] in pictorial wraps. 98 pp. Good, with dampstaining, toning, edgewear, and soiling to wraps. Opens easily at a few gatherings, but a sound binding. Clean within.. First Printing paperback (the authors' preferred format to the simultaneous cloth) of Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes' classic work of Harlem street life, with DeCarava's photographs interplaying with Hughes' poetic and imaginative storytelling of the subjects depicted.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1761
- Title
- The Sweet Flypaper of Life
- Author
- Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
- Format/Binding
- Signature-bound [duodecimo] in pictorial wraps. 98 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, with dampstaining, toning, edgewear, and soiling to wraps. Opens easily at a few gatherings, but a sound binding. Clean wi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
Biblio member since 2023
Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
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- Gatherings
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- First Edition
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- Pictorial Wraps
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