The Third Bank of the River and Other Stories
by Joao Guimares Rosa
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good with some underlinings from literary critic and translator Roberto Marquez, in very good dust jacket, top edge lightly
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First American edition, second printing. Hardcover, [octavo], red cloth boards with gilt lettering and orange cover decoration in illustrated dust jacket, 238 pp. Very good with some underlinings from literary critic and translator Roberto Marquez, in very good dust jacket, top edge lightly worn with a few close tears. Cover illustration by David Holzman and flaps adapted and uncredited from Brazilian edition.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1645
- Title
- The Third Bank of the River and Other Stories
- Author
- Joao Guimares Rosa
- Illustrator
- Cover illustration by David Holzman and flaps adapted and uncredited from Brazilian edition
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, [octavo], red cloth boards with gilt lettering and orange cover decoration in illustrated dust jacket, 238 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good with some underlinings from literary critic and translator Roberto Marquez, in very good dust jacket, top edge lightly
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition, second printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Joao Guimares Rosa
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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