The Orange - A Brazilian Adventure 1500-1987 by Hasse, Geraldo (researcher and editor) - 1987

Brazil: Duprate & Iobe, 1987. Hardcover. Good/fair. Oversize brown hardcover in jacket - no indication of printing. A good copy with some wear to the board edges and bending at the corners and spine tips. Interior is clean and unmarked other than a price erasure to the top of the front free-endpaper. Flexible binding is solid and with no splits. The dustjacket is only fair to good with curling, tears, chips and areas of paper loss - most prevalent toward the spine panel. This copy lacks the decorative box/slipcase originally issued with the volume. 296 pp., filled with color and black and white photos representing the history of orange growing in the region. Put out by Coopercitrus Industrial Frutesp of South America as a gift to their customers. An "illustrated account of the history of one of Brazil's most popular fruits."