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Published by David Zwirner Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 0999843818ISBN 13: 9780999843819
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Published by Hill and Wang, 1967
Seller: Alplaus Books, Alplaus, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Fair. Hill and Wang paperback published 1967 (not 1955). Bar code sticker and small piece of tape on front cover. Spine fading, wear along spine edges. No text markings noted.
Published by Hill and Wang, 1967
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket 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.
Published by Howard Univ Pr, 1984
ISBN 10: 088258152XISBN 13: 9780882581521
Seller: Blue Vase Books, Interlochen, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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Hardcover. 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. 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.).
Published by First Print Press, New York, 2018
ISBN 10: 0999843826ISBN 13: 9780999843826
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fourth Edition. 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.
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Published by Hill and Wang, New York, 1967
Seller: Montclair Book Center, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: USED Good. First Hill and Wang edition, 1967. Some creasing and minor chipping to the cover, with moderate chipping to the spine. The binding is tight and the pages are clean, except that the back of the cover and the page facing it (the half-title) have a glue stain and previous owner's information scratched out. Cover price $1.50.
Published by Hill and Wang, 1967
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover. Black and white pictorial covers with a brown border and black lettering. No date to title page. Dated first Hill and Wang Edition November, 1967 on copyright page. This is the first paperback edition. 96 pages. Good condition. Covers have a tiny bit of wear to the spine and and corners. Spine is sunned and back cover has some discoloration. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and free of marks. A previous owner's name written at the head of the half-title page, in pen- no other marks. Pages have very light, even toning at the edges. Overall good condition. Please email with questions or to see any photos.
Reprint of the 1984 edition. 112 pp. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's cloth in dust-jacket. Dust-jacket tanned at spine and partly on front.
Published by Hill and Wang, New York, 1967
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. New York: Hill and Wang, 1967. Reprint with "First Hill and Wang Edition, November 1967," to copyright page. Paperback issue. Octavo. 96 pp. Black and white photographs. Printed paper wraps. Covers worn along edges and joints with some creasing at corners and a small patch of black marker scribbling along top edge of front cover. Binding is sound. Blue star stamped to half title, otherwise pages unmarked. Paperback re-issue of DeCarava and Hughes' fiction and photography book depicting life in Harlem through Sister Mary Bradley. Originally published in 1955.
Published by Hill and Wang, 1967
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book has medium wear/rubbing to all corners and edges, including two 0.5 inch scuffs to front cover. Previous owners name inside front cover. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked with beautiful B&W photos. Bidning is solid. This is a wonderful book and would make a great addition to anyone's collection.
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955
Seller: Better Read Than Dead, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. 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. Good, with dampstaining, toning, edgewear, and soiling to wraps. Opens easily at a few gatherings, but a sound binding. Clean within. Signature-bound [duodecimo] in pictorial wraps. 98 pp.
Published by Hill & Wang, New York, 1967
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: 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.
Published by Edition Langewiesche-Brandt, München,, 1956
Seller: Bouquinerie du Varis, Russy, FR, Switzerland
editor's binding. 185x150mm, b/w photographs, Book in very good condition. En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter via notre page d'accueil / If there is a problem with the order, please contact us via our homepage.
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.
Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 112 pages Size: 27cm x 24cm Number of books: 1.
Published by Ebenhausen/München. Langewiesche-Brandt. 1956., 1956
Seller: Buch + Foto Marie-Luise Platow, Hilden, Germany
Hartkarton mit ca. 96 nn Seiten. Zahlreiche s/w Fotoabbildungen. Format 15 x 18,5 cm. Altersgemäß, aber nur minimal, unfrisch. Gutes Exemplar. Bildergeschichte. Fotos von Roy Decarava. 1. Auflage. Dieses Buch basiert auf dem 1955 erschienen Titel: "The Sweet Flypaper of Life", New York, Simon and Schuster. Sprache: englisch, deutsch.
Paperback. Condition: 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. 1st paper ed. [issued simultaneously in hardcover].
Published by New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955., 1955
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition - 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. Fair condition - usual rubbing and some toning to the covers, small slit across spine to front cover, not affecting the binding.
Published by Howard,, Washington D.C.,, 1984
Seller: Design Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket that has some wear at the top of the spine, also spine rubbed and sunned. Completely clean. Text by Langston Hughes and black & white photographs by Roy Decarava. First edition thus, after the earlier editions of the 1950's. 11" high X 10" wide, 112 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Published by Howard, Washington D.C., 1984
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
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.
Published by First Print Press, 2018
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus, fine condition. The Sweet Flypaper of Life Special Collection by Roy Decarava; Langston Hughes. Published by First Print Press in 2018. Paperback. The Sweet Flypaper of Life is a poem about ordinary people, about teenagers around a jukebox, about children at an open fire hydrant, about riding the subway alone at night, about picket lines and artist work spaces. This renowned, life-affirming collaboration between artist Roy Decarava and writer Langston Hughes honors in words and pictures what the authors saw, knew, and felt deeply about life in their city. Hughes's heart-warming description of Harlem in the late 1940s and earl. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Published by Hill and Wang, 1967
Seller: Brentwood Books, Kinnelon, NJ, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Collectable, very good. Nice condition. Original 1967 Hill & Wang softcover, 3rd (1969) printing, brown cover with B&W photo. Cover has slight rubbing along spine, back cover a little tanned due to age. minor surface dampstain on a small proportion of page edges; no marks or writing. Solid "very good" condition. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [From the library of Dr. Ralph Gomes, Howard University.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Light foxing to top edge. Pages unmarked. 96 p., ill., 21 cm. Born in New York City's Harlem neighborhood in 1919, Roy DeCarava came of age during the Harlem Renaissance, when artistic activity and achievement among African Americans flourished across the literary, musical, dramatic, and visual arts. DeCarava did not take up photography until the late 1940s, after working in painting and making prints for the posters division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). He used his camera to produce striking studies of everyday black life in Harlem, capturing the varied textures of the neighborhood and the creative efflorescence of the Harlem Renaissance. Resisting explicit politicization, DeCarava used photography to counter what he described as "black people, not being portrayed in a serious and artistic way." Dr. Gomes was a professor at Howard University for 49 years in sociology and criminology. He was also a former Olympic athlete, representing Guyana in the 1960 Rome summer Olympics. Besides his scholarly work, Gomes was active in the black liberation movement. He had an impressive and deep collection of black art, historical advertising and iconography that spoke of the passage of black people and how they sought to record their life stories. His collection spanned from slavery, to antebellum life, to Jim Crow, to the Harlem Renaissance, to sport, to the civil rights movement.
Published by Hill and Wang, New York, 1967
ISBN 10: 080901338XISBN 13: 9780809013388
Seller: Gene The Book Peddler, Winchester, NH, U.S.A.
Book
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Roy DeCarava (illustrator). this is the first Hill and Wang November 1967 edition, wraps have light rubbing.
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Published by Howard University, Washington, 1984
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First. Square 4to, light brown cloth, d.w. Washington: Howard University Press, 1984. Reprint edition, the first in this large format.
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955
Seller: Halper's Books, Tel Aviv, Israel
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Light foxing around edges and spine, bookstore label on inner cover.
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1955
Seller: Second-handsome Books, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD condition COVERS: Minor scratches and stress rubbings to face and hinges, respectively. Minor soiling, front and back. Top right front, and bottom left back corners slightly dogeared. BOOK: Age toning to text pages. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. ***** Here on offer is a very nice copy of Roy DeCarava's and Langston Hughes' The Sweet Flypaper of Life, a photographic essay of life in Harlem in the 1940s and 50s. The story is narrated by the fictional character Sister Mary Bradley. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Simon & Schuster in 1955. It is bound in softcovers. ***** The people in these photographs had no walls up. They just accepted me and permitted me to take their photographs without any self-consciousness. Roy DeCarava ***** The Sweet Flypaper of Life is a poem about ordinary people, about teenagers around a jukebox, about children at an open fire hydrant, about riding the subway alone at night, about picket lines and artist work spaces. This renowned, life-affirming collaboration between artist Roy DeCarava and writer Langston Hughes honors in words and pictures what the authors saw, knew, and felt deeply about life in their city. ***** Hughes s heart-warming description of Harlem in the late 1940s and early 1950s is seen through the eyes of one grandmother, Sister Mary Bradley. As she guides the reader through the lives of those around her, we imagine the babies born, families in struggle, children yet flourishing. We experience the sights and sounds of Harlem as seen through her learned and worldly eyes, expressed here through Hughes s poetic prose. As she states, I done got my feet caught in the sweet flypaper of life and I ll be dogged if I want to get loose. DeCarava s photographs lay open a world of sense and feeling that begins with his perception and vision. The ruminations go beyond the limit of simple observation and contend with deeper meanings to reveal these individuals as subjects worthy of art. While Hughes states We ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it s time to have one showing how good it is, the photographs bring us back to this lively dialogue and a complex reality, to a resolution that stands with the optimism of the photographic medium and the certainty of DeCarava s artistic moment. . . . ***** Roy Rudolph DeCarava (December 9, 1919 October 27, 2009) was an American artist. DeCarava received early critical acclaim for his photography, initially engaging and imaging the lives of African Americans and jazz musicians in the communities where he lived and worked. Over a career that spanned nearly six decades, DeCarava came to be known as a founder in the field of black and white fine art photography, advocating for an approach to the medium based on the core value of an individual, subjective creative sensibility, which was separate and distinct from the "social documentary" style of many predecessors. . . . ***** [A major] . . . work is The Sweet Flypaper of Life. Published in 1955, it is a pictorial narrative of family life in Harlem with photographs by DeCarava and text by Langston Hughes. DeCarava wrote in spite of poverty, you see people with dignity and a certain quality that contrasts with where they live and what they re doing. His Guggenheim fellowship helped fund the project while he spent a full year shooting the photographs for the book. ***** James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the Negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue." ***** The above text was taken from, respectively, Simon & Schuster publishing and Wikipedia.
Published by Howard, 1984
Seller: Fantastic Book Discoveries, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. grey cloth, small area of soiling on dedication page, signed by the photographer in 1998. Signed by Illustrator(s).