Edition: 2nd Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1956
Description: VG+/NONE. 41, 49, 54. 565787. Bound in green cloth with gilt printing on the spine, this book is clean and straight. There is light bumping at the spine ends from shelving and some wear to the lower corners; the top page edges have a touch of foxing and there is a tiny brown spot on the lower front corner. All of the interior is clean without any marks or tears. Translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam, a study of the formation and disintegration of partriarchal society in Brazil---fro m ... read more
Edition: 2nd Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1956
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo 7.75-9.75'' tall. Nice Firm copy! Jacket spine lightly sunned. Previous owner name. 537 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
Description: First American Edition. 8vo., 581pp., black cloth. Translated from the Portuguese of the fourth and definitive Brazilian edition by Samuel Putnam. Two faint stains at upper edge, spine rubbed and lightly worn at upper spine, else fine, without jacket. read more
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. No DJ. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cloth, lxxi, 537, xliv pp., plans, biblio., index; 25 cm. First published under title: Casa-grande & senzala. Translated from the Portuguese. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's blind stamp/front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Expected browning. Stated "First American Edition. " OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good in Fair jacket. Large 8vo. 1946 Stated First Edition, with 1946 printed on title page. An unmarked copy with no writing, bookplates, stampings. Text pages are clean and the book is complete with the foldout "Plans showing Big House of the Noruega Plantation. " Bound in black cloth with blind embossing on front and yellow lettering on spine. The cover is clean with bottom spine end rubbed and frayed, corners lightly bumped but otherwise very good. Dust jacket is clean but worn: sunned ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1956
Description: Second edition ("history book club" printed on dust jacket). WILLIAM P BUNDY'S COPY, typed bookplate, and with a typed note to "WPB" with "Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense" typed on top (comments about a Freyre book) signed "B. " Hardcover, very good condition in tattered dust jacket. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York NY
Date Published: 1956
Description: Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 2nd English-language Revised, green cloth binding is firm, dust jacket in protective mylar has some discoloration and edge wear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Lxix, 537p., xliv, first US edition, shelfworn dj. The most controversial-and profound-interpretation of Brazilian civilization. read more
Edition: Second English Language Edition, Revised
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1956
Description: 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. read more
Edition: 2nd Edition.
Binding: orig. cloth
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1956
Description: 2pp. plans. Some rubbing. Spine crease. Binding corner bump. VG. 25x16cm, lxxi, 537, xliv? , Several pages bear pencilled notes & underlinings. 2nd English-language edition, revised. Translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam. Contents: General Characteristics of the Portuguese Colonization of Brazil: Formation of an Agrarian, Slave-Holding and Hybrid Society; The Native in the Formation of the Brazilian Family; The Portuguese Colonizer: Antecedents and Predispositions; The Negro Slave in ... read more
Description: 1956, second English language edition, revised, near fine condition, small wear to edges of binding, with a very good dust jacket, scotch tape reinforced edges of dust jacket, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 537 pages, plus a 44 page index. A comprehensive and gripping study of the antropology and ethnology of the colonization of Brazil by the Portuguese. With an extensive notes section, and bibliography, and a glossary. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, editor
Date Published: 1946
Description: Fair. Ex-library. Missing cover jacket. With cover wear and wear from use. Normal aged pages. Free tracking for all domestic orders. If specific item description desired feel free to contact us. 100% guaranteed (Just let us know and we'll make it right) Express, Expedited and International shipping available upon request on items that don't offer it =) read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
Date Published: 1970
Description: Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam. Second English-Language edition, Revised. There is a small scuff mark at the front edge of the cover that does not break the cloth. The book is otherwise in fine, unmarked condition with no dust jacket. There is a fold out plan of The Bigh House of the Noruega plantation. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1956
Description: Very Good + No Dustjacket. 8vo. The flaps from the dust jacket are laid in. Illustrated. Green boards and spinew ith gold stamp. Previous owner's name on inside. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.,, New York:
Date Published: 1956
Description: B000GR7HDU. Hardcover 2nd English translation, revised. Green cloth covers clean; previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. Pages tight, clean, unmarked. DJ worn, with small edge tears, chipping, rubbing/soil. Not a former library copy.; read more
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