First American edition (stated) of Brazilian novelist Jorge Amado’s comic novel and basis for the 1976 Brazilian film starring Sonia Braga. Published in 1969 by Alfred A. Knopf. 8vo, hardcover with dust jacket, 553 pages. Translated from the Portuguese by Harriet De Onis. Inscribed on the FFE by the publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, to Cass Canfield Jr: For Cass Canfield Jr/Son of my old and dear friend Cass C./Alfred Knopf/a poor substitute for the author/3 December 1969. Cass Canfield Sr. was a leading American publisher and editor—a peer to Alfred Knopf and Bennett Cerf and the president of Harper Bros from 1931-45 and chairman of the board from 1945-55. His son, Cass Jr, was a longtime editor and publisher at HarperCollins and was responsible, along with his wife Gabriella, with introducing Latin American authors such as Amado, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa to the American market. Lean to spine. Small damp stain to front board, not affecting textblock. Bumping and rubbing to dj, with closed tear to front cover and open tear to front flap. Chipping to spine; closed tears to joints, more extensive to rear joint; small open tear to spine tail.
First American edition (stated) of Brazilian novelist Jorge Amado’s comic novel and basis for the 1976 Brazilian film starring Sonia Braga. Published in 1969 by Alfred A. Knopf. 8vo, hardcover with dust jacket, 553 pages. Translated from the Portuguese by Harriet De Onis. Inscribed on the FFE by the publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, to Cass Canfield Jr: For Cass Canfield Jr/Son of my old and dear friend Cass C./Alfred Knopf/a poor substitute for the author/3 December 1969. Cass Canfield Sr. was a leading American publisher and editor—a peer to Alfred Knopf and Bennett Cerf and the president of Harper Bros from 1931-45 and chairman of the board from 1945-55. His son, Cass Jr, was a longtime editor and publisher at HarperCollins and was responsible, along with his wife Gabriella, with introducing Latin American authors such as Amado, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa to the American market. Lean to spine. Small damp stain to front board, not affecting textblock. Bumping and rubbing to dj, with closed tear to front cover and open tear to front flap. Chipping to spine; closed tears to joints, more extensive to rear joint; small open tear to spine tail.
