The Sweet Flypaper of Life (Signed) by DeCarava, Roy (Photographs) and Langston Hughes (Text)
- Bookseller: Barnes and Noble, Chelsea
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 006312
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: First Thus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Howard University Press
- Place: Washington, D.C.
- Date published: 1984
Description
Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1984. Excellent condition with dust jacket in mylar. Unclipped dj. Mild edgewear and rubbing to spine. Signed by Roy DeCarava on title page. A extremely scarce signed copy, even as a reprint. 112pp. . Signed by Photographer. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
first thus : Indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a substantially different format than the true first edition. For example, a first illustrated edition of a book, or even a first paperback release of a book originally published in hard cover.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
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