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Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1964T. paperback. Good. 1.2000 in x 7.1000 in x 4.3000 in. extensive underlining throughout.

General wear, edge wear, some foxing, old price on the first page. Text unmarked. Still a decent reading copy.

Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1964T. paperback. Good. 1.2000 in x 7.1000 in x 4.3000 in. Significant wear to covers, including rubbing, soiling, bumping, and heavy creasing on spine. Still, the book's binding is sound and the pages are clean and bright.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Second Edition. . Soft cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. lxxi, 537, xliv pages, indexed. Hardcover in yellow dust jacket. The jacket is worn and has some edge tears and chips. Jacket soiled from handling; spine is toned. Heavy damping on the jacket's rear panel. Rear jacket flap has a tear at the top edge. Prior owner's bookplate on the front pastedown (George Breathett, who was a professor at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina in the 1950s-1960s). Endpapers have toning. Text is toned. Includes fold out of the Big House of the Noruega Plantation.

Brand: University of California Press, 0000-00-00. 2 revised. paperback. Used: Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf, 1956-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.9000 in x 9.6000 in x 6.6000 in. Dust jacket is in good condition.

Alfred A. Knopf. VG+. 1956. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 538 pages. Previous owners name stamp on front pastedown. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. .

New York: Knopf, 1964-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 432pp. Abridged from the second English-language edition (revised). Pen underlining throughout; spine crease; binding remains sound. Rubbing and soiling to wraps. NOT ex-lib. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

UsedGood. Binding is tight, text block is sturdy and clean, boards straight, no highlights or underlining. Mylar covered dust wrapper shows some chipping/rubbing to edges, tanning to pages. Very well preserved example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. US veteran operated.

New York: Knopf, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second English Language Edition, Revised. 8vo.. Floor plans, bi-fold drawing of the big house on the Noruega Plantation. (lxxi) 537 pages, (xliv index), glossary, bibliography; green cloth. Very good, cover lightly rubbed, inner gutter tanned; no dust jacket.

NY:: Knopf,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. Translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam. Seventh printing of the second English-language edition, revised. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else very good in a very good (age toning) dust jacket. .

Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. Translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam. Abridged from the Second English-Language Edition, Revised. This is July 1968 5th printing. Solid spine with no cracks or creases. Unmarked text. However the wraps are heavily scuffed and creased though the corners are only lightly worn. Page edges stained and smudged.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First American Edition, stated. Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters and decoration to spine, decoration blind-stamped to upper cover, uncut, lxxi pp, 537 pp, xliv pp. Near-Fine in a Very Good,mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear that includes chipping. From dust jacket: This is the long-awaited translation into English of Gilberto Freyre’s masterpiece, Casa-Grande & Senzala. With astonishing erudition, with a sense of style, and with a towering gift for gripping narrative, Senhor Freyre has applied all the modern techniques of social study to the remarkably successful melting-pot culture of “medieval” Brazil. He deals with race, climate, agronomy, sexual habits, architecture, art, religion, sorcery, literature, history, food, economics, and a thousand other factors that made the Brazil of today. In doing so, he throws blinding light into the color problem, the meaning of “civilization” and “culture,” the political and economic… Read More

New York: A Borzoi Book/ Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1971. 7th Printing Sept. 1971 . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): between 6" - 9" tall . Muriel Nasser (Jacket Design). 537 + pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. DJ shows wear in some places. Relevant newspaper article(s)/Clipping(s) included from previous owner.

UsedGood. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media. Ships same or next business day with tracking emailed direct to you!

University of California Press, 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:9780520056657

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. 2nd English language edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at head of spine - otherwise VG in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. lxx + 537 + xliv, illus with b&w plates, maps and drawings (previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down; endpapers with tape marks at edges).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; bound in black cloth covered boards. Some staining, scuffing and edge wear to exterior. Interior is evenly toned throughout. Creasing to first few end pages. Text is clean and unmarked. Includes large fold-out map. ; 8vo. 9 1/2"h x 6 1/2"w. First American Edition is stated.

Alfred A. Knopf. 1970. Hardcover. UsedGood. Hardcover; translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam; 2nd English-lan guage edition, revised; fading and shelf wear to exterior; gilt titles and illustration on spine, and embossed decoration on front cover; bumps to the lower corners; deckled page edges show some fading; otherwise in good cond ition with clean text and tight binding. Dust jacket shows fading, light so iling, and edge tears. .