Home is the Sailor: The Whole Truth Concerning the Redoubtful Adventures of Captain Vasco Moscoso de Aragao, Master Mariner
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 298pp. Octavo [22 cm] Navy blue cloth spine and boards. Pea green publisher's topstain. Light bumping to the extremities; fore-edge of text block lightly foxed. In a dust jacket, with moderate toning, and very occasional short closed tears and chips in the edges. Translated from the Portuguese by Harriet de Onís. Very good / very good. Item #59932
A Brazilian modernist novel, which plays with the concepts of truth and reality. Inscribed by the author on the half title page.
Price: $150.00
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