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The Sweet Flypaper of Life ( True Hard Cover First Edition )
by Hughes, Langston; Decarava, Roy
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Roy Decarava - Photography. Hardcover/ no DJ; Fair (to possibly Good) condition. First Edition- 1955; Stated First Printing; same year on title page. 98 pages, 7 x 5"", b/w photo illus. by Roy Decarava. Ex library w/ inkstamps on top & bottom of text block, 7 digit stamped no. in bottom right corner of half-title page- no other library marks. Binding of black paper over board covers & white cloth spine is Good+: square & shows only light rubbing, 2 small bumped & frayed cover corners at top right. Spine just a bit tanned, all lettering crisp & intact. Copy actually displays well. Fixed endpapers have remains of side edges of DJ glued to them (basically white on white). Crude & light printing, ""Honesty Pays Big"" (to me, kind of adds to copy) in gray semi-indelible pencil (I think) at top of front free endpaper. Front endpapers also have 2 scribbles (1/2"" to 1"" dia.) in light green colored pencil. Title page has same green marking (3/4"") at right side- NOT touching any printed words. Page 3 has just a light trace of green marks (almost missed this). All this marking is not nearly as bad as it sounds - pretty unobtrusive, for what it is. Rest of text is unmarked & shows only average use & bit of soil. Text block tight; all text pages present & not torn. Narrow hinge split after page 98 (fabric underlayment intact) & rear free endpaper missing. As uncommon as this book is, this copy may be a candidate for repair, stabilization or rebind.
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- Seller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 380
- Title
- The Sweet Flypaper of Life ( True Hard Cover First Edition )
- Author
- Hughes, Langston; Decarava, Roy
- Illustrator
- Roy Decarava - Photography
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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