Reader von freyre gilberto (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1974. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. Hardcover. THE PROFOUND AND CHARMING MIND OF Gilberto Freyre, incomparable explicator of Brazilian civilization and one of the world's foremost social historians, is variously revealed in this book of selected writings, many never before translated into English. His subjects range from the English language and the "religious merrymaking" of the Hindus of Queula to the success and failure of Brasilia. He writes about children's books and about the Iberian concept of time, about race and slavery, about age and experience versus youth; he converses with Aldous Huxley, remembers Amy Lowell, sets down his perceptions about his native land, and about himself as a writer and as a sociologist. In forms as disparate as poetry and diaries, in brief, pointed vignettes, and in wonderful passages from his great works of history, these seventy-five selections represent the wide scope of Freyre's concerns, and the grace of his scholarship. The Gilberto Freyre Reader is a sampler of his life and his work.…

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First American Edition. Xvii, 253 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. First American Edition, First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 253 pages, book is green with gold titling on spine, slightly sunned, tight, name of previous owner on FFEP, VG+. Jacket is slightly faded/discoloured and has some slight tearing along top and bottom edges, 2 large tears up bottom of spine and back flap, price clipped, Fair. Book.…