Mapirunga by Barroso Gustavo, Signed (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Translated and prefaced by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. London, W.M. Heinemann, 1924. Hardcover binding with vellum spine. Gilt title on cover and spine. Red ink markings on the back cover. Signed by Cunninghame Graham. N°145 of 375. The Book Cellar & Henschel. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Sewn binding in paper-covered boards. Condition "Fair only": opening widely with webbing showing between two of the signatures, but all pages are securely attached and hinges are intact. Pages still uncut. Pages and endpapers toned. ***Covers quite worn and grimy.*** Small ink mark back pastedown, pencil marks front flyleaf, but no marks to text. Limited edition (375 copies) signed by the translator.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited. Signed and Limited to 166/375 copies. Translated with Explanatory Preface by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. NF. Hardcover, no jacket, 12 mo, 39 pp, corners bumped, previous owners stamp on back of boards with some visible shelfwear, else a nice clean copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback small, no jacket (missing as common), good condition, quarter-bound (white vellum spine, cream paper-covered board covers), gilt title front cover & spine, covers & pages lightly toned, some edgewear. 39 pp. Brazilian fiction - a short tale of revenge and honor defended in the Sertao region of Brazil. Originally written in the Spanish language by Gustavo Barroso, and here translated, with an extended preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham. (No 190 of a limited edition of 350 copies, autographed by the translator.).

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A tale of family honour set in the back country of Brazil, written by Senhor Gustavo Barroso, who wrote under the pseudonym of Joao do Norte. 'In this hard land of sun and drought, the home of a rough feudalism received from Portugal long centuries ago when first the land was conquered, is laid the scene of Mapirunga, a tale so wild, and so unlike in all its aspects to modern life in Europe, that I should have hesitated to translate it, had I not seen and lived with men exactly like the types it contains they will all pass irrevocably in the tale of Mapirunga, Senhor Barroso has performed a service to his country, by setting down that which so soon will become history. I have translated it, on account of those 'saudades' ('recollections tinged with sadness') that I think I have explained.' Translated and with a preface (10pp.) by R.B. Cunninghame Graham; 1/350 numbered copies (375 total edition) signed by the translator. Top edge dusty, very good in dustwrapper darkened on the spine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition, limited issue. Translated with a preface by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. 12mo. 39pp. Quarter parchment and papercovered boards. Pages unopened. One of 375 numbered copies printed on Japan vellum, signed by the translator. Fine in fine dustwrapper with slight toning.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Limited Edition. Limited edition. Number 7 of 25 copies for presentation. Scarce. Signed By Translator.

Vellum & Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Quarter vellum with cream-coloured boards, gilt letters on cover and spine. Decorative dust jacket soiled and has small tears near the edges.Top of pages dusty and pencil on the front endpaper. Limited edition (273 of 350) with uncut pages. Translated and with an explanatory preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham, who also signed it. Barroso was a Brazilian writer. Size: 16mo. Signed By Translator. Book.