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Hill and Wang, 1967. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 96 pages, full of b/w photos. 1967 printing. Ex-university library book, light discoloring and wear; a sound binding; good shape overall. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 210795. .

New York: First Print Press, 2018. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Duodecimo. 5 x 7.25 in. 98 pp. Profusely illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs. Fine in original cloth-wrapped paper-covered boards and fine pictorial dust jacket.

Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Good (Ex-Library from the library of the Visual Studies Workshop (VSW) with their sticker to the rear pastedown and a spine label at base of spine and a red library stamp on colophon; boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; minimal marks.). No dustjacket; brown boards with yellow and white lettering on the spine; 112 pp.; richly illustrated. Reprint. Originally published in New York by Hill and Wang, 1967, copyright 1955.

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.

Hill and Wang, 1969 (3rd Hill and Wand Printing). Stated third printing of the hard-to-find Hill and Wang bedside edition of DeCarava and Hughes's 1955 collaboration. Some light shelf-wear and yellowing to back panel, as well as some other minor shelf-wear. Interior is pristine. Includes over 140 B&W photographs by DeCarava. 96 pp. Art/Poetry.

Washington: Howard University Press, 1984. Hardcover. 112p., profusely illustrated with works by the African American photographer, first printing of the Howard University Press reprint edition, very good in buckram cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket with sunned spine. Originally published in 1955 & 1967.

New York: Hill & Wang, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition by this publisher. About near fine with light edgewear, some toning at the pastedown from the binder's glue and offsetting to the front free endpaper.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1955.. First edition -. Fair condition - usual rubbing and some toning to the covers, small slit across spine to front cover, not affecting the binding. . First printing, a small trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A picture of Harlem life in words (by Hughes) and photographs (by DeCarava), uncommon in all editions. A moving and beautiful book. 98 pp.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 1st paper ed. [issued simultaneously in hardcover]. Paperback. Good. photos, 98p. Softcover in original wrapper. 18 cm. Cover browning and soiling with some minor spots along right edge of front cover. Contents sound and clean. A photographic essay about life in Harlem.

Washington D.C.: Howard, 1984. First edition thus. Hardcover. 112 pages. A larger and more accessible edition than the previous editions. Hughes provides the text for this book and with DeCarava's beautiful black and white images. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket that has some sunning to and along the spine and edges.

New York: Hill and Wang / Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1967. 3rd Printing. Paperback. Very good/No Jacket. 96 pp. Trade paperback. Third printing, 1969. Photos by Roy DeCarava. Text by Langston Hughes. Originally published in 1955. Very Good. Wear to covers and light shelfwear. Else bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or cover tears. Glass case.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1967. First edition thus. Hardcover. 96 pages. A reissue of this classic collaboration. A very important book with text by Hughes and 141 photographs by DeCarava. A near fine copy in cloth boards in a very good plus dust jacket with a small abrasion to the front panel, some other light wear, and some faint spotting to the verso. Still a very nice copy of this seemingly quite uncommon book.

"The Sweet Flypaper Of Life" by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes1967 - First Edition, First PrintingVintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket8 1/4" x 5 3/4"96 Pages The jacket is in good minus condition with small edge tears and wear. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good to good minus condition, free from rips, tears, bends, and writing. There is toning on both the front and back end pages and the previous owner's name is written in ink on the front and back end pages.The boards are in good to good minus condition with minimal wear. There is a light scratch on the back board. The binding is tight and square.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. Softcover. The simultaneous paperback issue. A classic collaboration with text by Langston Hughes and black and white images by Roy DeCarava. A very good copy in photo illustrated wrappers with light soiling and minor wear. Internally a clean copy of this increasingly uncommon book that was printed much better than subsequent editions. (Parr & Badger v1, 242; Roth 138-139).

Washington DC: Howard University, 1988. Second printing. Square 4to, pp. 112. Text by Hughes, with photographs by DeCarava. DeCarava's presentation on title; "May 30, 1992 | To Andy Davis | Best wishes | Roy DeCarava" Olive cloth. A nice copy in very slightly scuffed dj. Life in Harlem.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 1st paper ed. [issued simultaneously in hardcover]. Paperback. Near Fine. photos, 98p. Softcover in original wrapper. 18 cm. An appealing copy with minor soiling and almost no wear. A photographic essay about life in Harlem.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. An unusually crisp, bright copy of the 1955 stated 1st paperback printing (issued simultaneously with the hardback). Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of scratching and the faintest hint of offsetting/soiling at the front panel. Internally clean as could be, with no wrting or markings of any kind. Langston Hughes's incisive text complemented by a young Roy DeCarava's deeply moving black-and-white photos.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Paperback. Good. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1955. First edition. Good. With Langston Hughes' card attached to front cover by a paperclip, upon which is inscribed 'Happy Hoildays!' in Hughes' favoured green ink, together with a picture postcard handwritten by Hughes to John Wakeman in which he describes a visit to the Durems (poet Ray and his second wife) in San Francisco, postmarked 24 Feb 1956. Hughes had sent John Wakeman The Sweet Flypaper of Life as a Christmas present. From the library of John Wakeman. Spine and edges to cover toned, spine rubbed, some small rust stains to cover, inside cover and page three from a paperclip, disturbance to first few pages from same paperclip, otherwise in clean condition, binding good.

NY:: Simon and Schuster,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. Black and white photographs throughout. Stated first printing. Very good in a very good (moderate edge wear with a few small chips, age toning) dust jacket with original $2.95 price on front flap. ; 98 pages .

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. photos, 98p. dj. Original black cloth. 18cm. Cellophane tape reinforcement on front of jacket on and around the backstrip and at base of front panel. Jacket also edgeworn and has some staining and soil. INSCRIBED to R. Gordon Wasson by Hughes and also SIGNED by DeCarava. The first edition of this small classic was published in an edition of 3,000 hardcovers and 22,000 paperbacks. Wasson, who gained fame in later life in the field of ethnomycology because of his research and interest in psychedelic mushrooms, taught in the English Department of Columbia University in the Fall of 1921. Hughes was one of Wasson's students during the young poet's brief sojourn at Columbia. Hughes honored his old teacher in his inscription ("Especially for my former teacher, R. Gordon Wasson, who helped open my eyes to the sweet flypaper of life -- Sincerely, Langston Hughes"), The inscription is dated at New York on Nov. 15, 1955.