Search Results: Titles starting with O from Les livres des Limbes

Vozes, 1978. Soft cover. Fair. Spine sunned and chipped, heavy scuffing to wraps with edges peeling, corners bent, binding cracked at front pastedown, unmarked text in Portuguese.

Vozes, 1978. Soft cover. Fair. 6th edition. Bookstore stamp on FFEP which is foxed, as are page edges, and there is a binding crack, wraps are visibly scuffed and corners rubbed. Clean Portuguese text, good reading copy.

Paz e Terra, 1981. Soft cover. Fair. Usual stamps, stickers, punch cards of library discards. One bumped corner, creased spine, clean text in Portuguese, good reading copy. Original edition -- Colecao Estudos Brasileiros, volume 54 -- published in 1981.

Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Campanha de Defesa do Folclore Brasileiro, 1973. Pamphlet. Fair. Staplebound, 7pp., missing wraps and pages creased.

Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil: Livraria Pioneira Editora, 1983. 4th Edition . Soft cover. Good. On the back of the book, along the spine edge, one inch from the tail, there is a puncture, as if the book was whacked against the lip of a shelf. This is visible in the last 30 pages of text as a pinhole near the binding (i.e., not affecting text or compromising binding). In addition to this, there is generalised scuffing of the wraps, rub marks along the edges, light creasing of corners. Still very much a solid, square, clean book with no spine cracks or creases. Text in Portuguese. This self-proclaimed "4th definitive edition" published in 1983 was brought to fruition under the editorial supervision of Lolio Lourenco de Oliveira being that the author passed away in 1976. This posthumous edition also includes an introduction by Alfredo Bosi. There are sufficient elaborations to necessitate that this edition accompany or supercede any prior publication of Leite's lifelong quest to answer the… Read More

Vozes, 1980. Soft cover. Fair. Extensive scuffing and edge wear to covers, curled corners, some creased page tips. Except for the usual stamps and stickers of library discards, the interior text block and binding is in excellent condition. Text in Portuguese published in 1980.

Joao Pessoa: Editora Universitaria da Universidade Federal da Paraiba, 1978. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. Edgewear with rub marks, sunned, stained and chipped spine. Fine interior with lyrics and some musical scores. Text in Portuguese.

Vozes, 1986. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Light edgewear and yellowing of page edges. Tight copy. 223 pages, text in Portuguese, 2nd edition published in 1986.

Funarte, 1978. Soft cover. Good. Cocked, wrinkled, sunned spine beginning to chip at both ends but binding is still tight; corner creases and edge wear; yellowed page edges; underlining on first three pages. Text in Portuguese. Illustrated. 159 pages.

Vozes, 1983. Soft cover. Very Good. Very tight (unread) binding, clean interior, mildly scuffed wraps, sunned spine, faint foxing on top page edges, overall still an attractive copy. Text in Portuguese published in 1983.

Edicoes GRD em convenio com INL, 1975. 3rd Edition . Trade Paperback. Fair. Several creases to spine which is sunned and cocked, binding still holding strong though weakened. Underlining and marginalia to first 30 pages. Still a good reading copy. Two inch tear in front cover at tail of spine. A quite scarce novel despite the author's place in the canon and multiple editions since 1922. It best exemplifies an eternal undercurrent in Bahian circles of the dialectics of the dark side of politics seeking and gaining allies in the dark side of the terreiros. Text in Portuguese.

Funarte, 1981. Soft cover. Good. Scuffed wraps, rubbed edges, some yellowing of foredges; clean bright interior with illustrations and scores, 2 spine cracks with corresponding creases in spine. 317 pages, text in Portuguese.

Editora Hucitec, 1978. Soft cover. Acceptable. Heavy surface scuffing, frayed and foxed edges, one half inch tear along spine, split spine and creases, extensive underlining and marginalia in first half of book. Text in Portuguese. Colecao Estudos Brasileiros 8

Recife: Fundacao Joaquim Nabuco, 1981. Soft cover. Good. Serie Monogafias No.20. Mild scuffing of wraps, edgewear and curling of corners. Useful for biographical, bibliographical and identification/authentication purposes and publishing history despite the graininess of BW illustrations. 94 pages text in Portuguese. Rare.

IBGE - Conselho Nacional de Geografia, 1964. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. Sunned spine, creased and stained covers, POS on FFEP, edgewear. BW illustrations and text in Portuguese is in fine condition, binding strong despite split in front pastedown. 408 pages

Livraria Jose Olympio Editora, 1983. Soft cover. Good. Foxed page edges and endpapers, rubbed and scuffed wraps, sunned spine. Text in Portuguese published in 1983.

Editora Brasiliense, 1988. Soft cover. Good. A few rub marks on edges, a hint of foxing of page foredges and endpapers, writing on bibliography with a fine and unblemished text block. Two abrasions (one causing a minor thumb dent) on spine edge. Reader's crease near back pastedown which is the first phase of the process : Reader's crease (no crease on spine), then crack (matching crease on spine, then split (gap in binding, lays open), then detached. Despite flaws still a handsome copy of a rare and iconic title. Text in Portuguese.

Fundacao Cultural do Estado da Bahia / Editora Atica, 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. Calazans Neto. Moderate edge wear and remainder mark on bottom and bookstore stamp on title page, in overall excellent condition. Text in Portuguese.

Corrupio, 1988. Soft cover. Good. Mild scuffing of wraps, bent bumped corners, fine interior. Text in Portuguese published in 1988. Scarce title.

Federacao Epirita Brasileira Departmaento Editorial, 1944. 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Good. 32nd printing (1975). Visible corner and edge wear, substantially scuffed covers, yellowed text, solid binding despite spine creases and unmarked text. Translated from French to Portuguese by Guillon Ribeiro using the 49th edition of Le livre des mediums ou guide des mediums et des evocateurs (Paris 1861)