Dust jacket missing. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Minor wear to cover boards and spine. The text block includes extensive photographs to supplement the text. The text block is clean and free of staining. No markings or notations. The binding suffers minor loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
"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...