Sweet Flypaper of Life. Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes. Howard, 1984.

A 1955 fiction and photography book by American photographer Roy DeCarava and American writer Langston Hughes. DeCarava's photos and Hughes's story, told through the character Sister Mary Bradley, depict and describe Black family life in Harlem, New York City, in the 1950s. DeCarava inscribed on title page, “11-29-84 | Best wishes | Roy DeCarava”. Olive cloth. A nice copy in very slightly scuffed pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $26.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. ISBN 088-258-152-X