May 19, 2011 - Sale 2248

Sale 2248 - Lot 27

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
DECARAVA, ROY.
The Sweet Flypaper of Life.

Story by Langston Hughes. Illustrated with reproductions of DeCarava's lyrical photographs of Harlem. 8vo, blue paper-covered boards over black-stamped white cloth; photo-pictorial dust jacket, small tears to edges and folds lightly rubbed. Roth 138; Parr/Badger I 242; Hasselblad 160; Auer 357. first edition.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955