DECARAVA, ROY AND LANGSTON HUGHES (12 Ergebnisse)

First edition thus. Hardcover. 112 pages. A larger and more accessible edition than the previous two editions. A classic collaboration that features text by Langston Hughes and black and white images by Roy DeCarava. A clean near fine in cloth boards in a very good plus dust jacket with some small edge tears, minor wear and some slight sunning to the spine. Signed by DeCarava on the title page and with a laid in vintage receipt from Witkin gallery. The original edition was featured in both Parr & Badger v1, 242 and Roth 138-139. A nice association copy.

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).

Soft cover. Zustand: 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.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Light foxing around edges and spine, bookstore label on inner cover.

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 faint spotting to the verso. Still a very nice copy of this seemingly quite uncommon book.

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 editions. (Parr & Badger v1, 242; Roth 138-139).

First trade paperback printing. 98 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Photographs by De Carava, text by Hughes.

Pictorial wrappers. Zustand: 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 wrting or markings of any kind. Langston Hughes's incisive text complemented by a young Roy DeCarava's deeply moving black-and-white photos.

Hardcover. Zustand: near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good +. First Edition. 98pp, 12mo. Scarce hardcover first edition, stated first printing. Profusely illustrated with photographs by Roy DeCarava. A near fine copy in a very good + jacket. End papers are lightly foxed, else fine. Jacket is darkened along spine, minor wear to spine and edges. Unclipped, $2.95 price present on inner flap.

New York. Simon and Schuster. 1955. First imprint. 19 x 13 cm. 98 pages with numerous b/w illustrations in gravure. Original black boards with title on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Dustjacket with slightly traces of use. - Otherwise in a near fine state. - The Open book, Parr and Badger. The Photobook p. 242. - Langston Hughe's text tells the fictious story of life in Harlem. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.

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 dust jacket. Roth 101, Parr & Badger, The Photobook I, 242; The Open Book, 160. The hardcover is much more uncommon than the wrapper edition. "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 DeCarava's 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, Hughes' 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).

First edition. First edition. Photographic illustrations by Roy DeCarava; 98 pp. 12mo. Inscribed on the ffep, in the month of publication: "Especially for Noel Sincerely, Langston. New York, Nov. 15, 1955." Additionally signed by the photographer, Roy DeCarava. The Sweet Flypaper of Life appeared in November 1955, just as Hughes was completing the manuscript for his second volume of autobiography, I Wonder as I Wander. The critical reception of the work was positive: "No book by Hughes was ever greeted so rhapsodically. Calling it 'a delicate and lovely fiction-document of life in Harlem,' the New York Times praised its 'astonishing verisimilitude'" (Rampersad, vol. II, p. 249). The Sweet Flypaper of Life remains "One of the most successful collaborations between a great writer and a great photographer ever published" (Roth 101). Hughes' text, spoken as Sister Mary Bradley, with DeCarava's photos, provide "a vital corrective to a book like Roll, Jordan, Roll" (Parr/Badger). Hughes met Noël Sullivan in May 1932 while on a lecture tour, and the two developed a very close friendship. "The man and all he stood for endeared him to Hughes, and for a quarter of a century he was the poet's most trusted confidant. [.] as close a friend as any relative Hughes ever had." (Berry, Faith, Before & Beyond Harlem: A Biography of Langston Hughes, p. 149-150). This was a two-way street, as "Hughes's immediate impact on Noël Sullivan wasdramatic" (Rampersad, The Life of Langston Hughes, Vol. I, p. 239). Sullivan helped sustain Hughes with occasional financial gifts, he hosted him on most of his visits to California, often gave Hughes the use of his farm in Carmel, where Hughes wrote his first collection of short stories, The Ways of White Folks (1934), which was dedicated to Sullivan. Roth 101, pp 138-9; Parr/Badger I, p. 242; Hasselblad pp 160-1 Original cloth backed paper boards. About near fine in photo illustrated dust jacket with some rubbing along foot of spine, otherwise similar Photographic illustrations by Roy DeCarava; 98 pp. 12mo.