The Sweet Flypaper Of Life

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition of the classic collaboration between Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes. Small octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Langston Hughes on the front free endpaper, "Especially for Lucian Stanton whose photographs I very much enjoyed seeing- Sincerely- Langston Hughes New York Feb. 23, 1960." An excellent example in the original… Read more 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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

E-345: Howard University Press. Very Good. 1984. First, thus. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Howard University Press, Washington, DC. 1984. 112 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First, thus. DJ has light shelf-wear present with a chip present to the crown of the spine. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have… Read more about this item

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.

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: 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… Read more about this item

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.

Washington: Howard University, 1984. hardcover. fine/near fine. Roy DeCarava. Square 4to, light brown cloth, d.w. Washington: Howard University Press, 1984. Reprint edition.<br/> <br/> Signed by DeCarava.<br/> <br/>

New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Book. Illus. by DeCarava, Roy Photographer. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Edition First Printing. Beautiful first edition with jacket. Boldly incscribed by Langston Huges on front end paper and also signed by Roy Decarava. Inscribed to Pulitzer prize winning playwright Elmer Rice and his wife in… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Washingon, DC: Howard University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Second Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 088258152X . B&W Photographs; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 112 pages; 1984 Howard University Press. Square format HC/DJ. 2nd edition, 4th printing. Snugly bound and very neat in crisp edged pictorial dust jacket. Light sun fading to… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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.

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.

Washington: Howard University, 1984. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Square 4to, light brown cloth, d.w. Washington: Howard University Press, 1984.<br/> <br/> Reprint edition, the first in this large format.<br/> <br/>

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. .

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… Read more about this item