New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Three tiny light stains to boards. One on front, two on back. Dustjacket very good. Sunning to spine. Jacket shows some wear and small chips to edges. Price written, in ink, to upper front flap. Gilt and black lettering debossed to spine of peacock-blue cloth-covered boards. Author's initials debossed in gilt to front. Clean, tight, bright. 232 pp. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby. "Hints of biography, not of one individual but of several individuals in the imaginary person of an ideal sociological type. There are snatches of history, too...", (front flap).

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Bookseller: The Sensible Magpie (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 609
Title: MOTHER AND SON : A BRAZILIAN TALE
Author: Freyre, Gilberto
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1967

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