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Published by Aflred a. Knopf, NY, 1970
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth Spine/Paper Boards. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (in mylar). First American Edition. Retired library reading copy only, with the usual stamps, stickers, labels and markings. Tape stains on end pages, binding and dust jacket. Otherwise textblock is clean and tight. Library stamped top and bottom page edges, faded pinkish-orange top page edges. Orange cloth spine, blue paper boards, slightly shelf worn. Unclipped dust jacket lightly worn head/foot of spine, illustrated front cover, author's photographed back cover. 154pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1970
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. There is a remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Veiga was born at Fazenda Morro Grande, a farm near Corumbá de Goiás. At age 20, he established himself in Rio de Janeiro where, among other jobs, worked as locutor of the currently defunct Rádio Guanabara. In 1941 he graduated in Law at Faculdade Nacional de Direito. From 1945 until 1949 Veiga lived in London, as commentator and translator for the Portuguese broadcasts of BBC World Service. Returning to Brazil, he worked as journalist in the newspapers O Globo and Tribuna da Imprensa. He was also translator and editor of the Brazilian edition of Reader's Digest and coordinated the publishing department of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation. " (from Wikipedia).