The Sweet Flypaper of Life

by African Americana, Langston Hughes, Roy Decarava, text, photographs

$200 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Small octavo 18cm ; original photo-illustrated card wrappers; 98pp; illus. Light dust-soil and edge wear to wrappers, gentle sunning and some moderate wear to spine; contents clean; Very Good. A striking volume, with text by Hughes, brought to life by DeCarava's now iconic black and white photographs

• Printing: first
• Binding: Wrappers

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