sweet flypaper life de decarava roy langston hughes (69 résultats)

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Etat : Good.

Etat : New.

Paperback. Etat : New.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Roy DeCarava (illustrateur).

Paperback. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Roy DeCarava (illustrateur). Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.3.

Etat : New.

Paperback. Etat : New.

Etat : New.

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Trade Paperback. Etat : 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.

Paperback. Etat : Good+. 1st Thus. 96pp, small octavo paperback. moderate wear to front cover and spine, binding solid and strong, interior text clean.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. first edition thus. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. covers have very light wear. edges of pages have very light toning.

Later printing of the classic collaboration between Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes. Small octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Acknowledged as the most influential black writer of his generation, and as one of the greatest American poets of all time here composed a fictional story to accompany DeCaravaâs images, creating a lyrical tale about imaginary characters to go with photographs of real people" (Roth, 138). Hailed as "an important step forward" in the history of photobooks, Sweet Flypaper of Life proved especially significant in its "design, featuring a pacy, cinematic style. It is also a book that had more impact in its cheaper paperback edition, since, radically, Hughesâ text begins on the cover" (Parr & Badger II:242). "The book won two awards, received critical acclaim in The New York Times Book Review sold out its first edition, and was reprinted many times. It is one of the most successful collaborations between a great writer and a great photographer ever published" (Roth, 138).

paperback. Etat : Very Good. Softcover First Printing 1955. Very Good condition. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear text. Minor shelf-wear. Some paper loss on spine. Age tanning on cover. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Etat : New. 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 colla.

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.).

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 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. Hughess heart-warming description of Harlem in the late 1940s and early 1950s is seen through the eyes of one grandmother, Sister Mary Bradley. We experience the sights and sounds of Harlem as seen through her learned and worldly eyes, expressed here through Hughess poetic prose. As she states, I done got my feet caught in the sweet flypaper of life and Ill be dogged if I want to get loose. DeCaravas 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 Weve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe its 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 DeCaravas artistic moment. In 1952 DeCarava became the first African American photographer to win a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. The grant enabled DeCarava to focus on the photography he had been creating since the mid-1940s and to complete The Sweet Flypaper of Life , a moving, photo-poetic work in the urban setting of Harlem. DeCarava compiled a set of images from which Hughes chose 141 and adeptly supplied a fictive narration, reflecting on life in that city-within-a-city. First published in 1955, the book, widely considered a classic of photographic visual literature, was reprinted by public demand several times. This fourth printing, the Heritage Edition, is the first authorized English-language edition since 1983 and includes an afterword by Sherry Turner DeCarava tracing the history and ongoing importance of this book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No DJ. b&w Photo Illus. (illustrateur). First Edition. Neatly printed name of former owner on front endpaper, otherwise Unmarked, clean and solid copy. Black covers with white spine. Light, even foxing on spine.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Roy DeCarava (illustrateur). this is the first Hill and Wang November 1967 edition, wraps have light rubbing.

Paperback. Etat : New.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 12mo. Perfect-bound card covers. Flat, uncreased copy in very good condition with hint of wear at top of spine and bottom, and evidence of light sunning to front. This landmark publication was the result of a fruitful creative partnership between photographer Roy DeCarava and writer Langston Hughes. Scarce in this condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First, thus. 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 light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 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. EB; 10.70 X 9.60 X 0.90 inches; 112 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine.

Etat : GOOD. 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.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Revised edition. Very good hardcover in good dust jacket. No marks or names inside. Solid binding. Light foxing to endpapers. Creases, fading and rubbing to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Photographs by Roy DeCarava; (illustrateur). Profusely illustrated with b+w photos by DeCarava. White cloth spine with black titles, black paper over boards. Moderate wear, aging, soiling to covers. Discoloration to cloth spine. Binding is firm. Age spotting/soiling to endpapers; brief inscription with signature on front endpaper; otherwise interior is age toned, free of markings, with mild age spotting in margin of a first few pages. Photo of signature on request.

Soft cover. Etat : 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.