The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.

The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
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The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa   

First American edition, first printing of Rosa's first and only novel, a masterpiece of modernism that is often considered to be the Brazilian equivalent of Joyce's "Ulysses."   

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Publisher's original green cloth boards, decoratively stamped in blind with gilt titles to spine; pp. x, 494, [3]. A near fine copy in a very good or better, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square. Minimal wear to boards with a small stain to front board. Internally clean and fine. Jacket shows light shelfwear with a chip and toning to back panel, faint sunning to spine. A very presentable copy, protected in archival mylar. 

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