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.