João Guimarães Rosa

The Devil to Pay in the Backlands

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1963. First Edition. cloth. Octavo; 494pp; publishers green cloth over board; flower design embossed front coverbottom right; titled in gold and red on spine with green design emboss; first US edition; red topstain; dustjacket. Publisher's review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. Translated from Portuguese by James L. Taylor and Harriet de Onîs. A fine copy in a near fine or better dustjacket with a touch of wrinkle to the top and bottom of spine. A brilliant copy. Item #114

Price: $800.00