New York. 1971. August 1971. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in

New York. 1971. August 1971. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 039444826x. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby. 382 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. keywords: Literature Translated Brazil Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Bahia-home of Dona Flor and Gabriela, land of heroic talkers, daring doers, Lucullan cooks, inexhaustible lovers, beautiful black women, beautiful white women, and mulatas exquisite beyond the praise of poets-is at its most gloriously Bahian, as Jorge Amado plies us with love, food, voodoo, wit and wonder, surrounds us with a cast of hundreds. (INCLUDING: fiery Black DorotEia, who has the heart of a turtledove; indomitable Major Damião de Souza; Fausto Pena, unrequited lover and poetl; Ana Mercedes, undulating reportress in mini-skirt and mini-blouse; capoeira artists, policemen, professors, drunks, whores, directors of tourism, devotees of African gods, members of the Society of Medical Writers). and introduces us to his richest creation. Behold him! The late, lovable-roguish Pedro Archanjo, street-corner Socrates, passionate anthropologist, candomblE practitioner, acknowledged dean of the living university of Bahia's demimonde and author of the momentous works in defense of miscegenation whose ‘discovery' by James D. Levenson (great gringo scholar, lover, and Nobel Prize winner) has plunged Bahia into the fantastic intrigue and carnival of the Archanjo Centennial Celebration. As the celebrants pour forth from every street and house, as all doors fly open unlocking the secret life of Bahia, the novel moves back into the misty past (especially into the Tent of Miracles, once the living heart of Salvador, presided over by Lidio Corro, miracle painter, vendor of voodoo and vaudeville, tooth-yanker, impresario of the magic lantern) and forward into the intoxicating present, in search of the true Pedro Archanjo. Savant? Seducer? Riffraff? Redeemer? inventory #33633.

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Good dust jacket. (Brazilian fiction, Portuguese fiction, translations into English)

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Good dust jacket. (Brazilian fiction, Portuguese fiction, translations into English)

1971. Alfred A. Knopf. Cloth, dj, octavo, 380 pp. Some shelf wear to jacket,

1971. Alfred A. Knopf. Cloth, dj, octavo, 380 pp. Some shelf wear to jacket, with sunning to spine. Light foxing to text block, with pages clean. Bookplate on front pastedown. Tight binding. Very Good. (Subject: Modern First. )

First American edition. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby. "H"

First American edition. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby. "H" stamped on front fly, slightly spine-cocked, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a small tear at the crown, and some slight rubbing on the rear panel.

039444826X. First American edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (1"& 1/2"-inch tear at head of spine adjoining spine. Tiny chip at crest of spine on jacket. )

039444826X. First American edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (1"& 1/2"-inch tear at head of spine adjoining spine. Tiny chip at crest of spine on jacket. )

First American edition. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby.

First American edition. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby. Octavo. 380pp. Topstain with splashmarks thus near fine in lightly soiled, very good dust jacket with several tiny nicks and tears and a small creased tear on the cover. Noted scholar, translator, and critic of Latin American literature Donald A. Yates' review copy, with a couple of penciled marginal brackets in the text and a letter from the *Saturday Review* laid in, announcing that the book is on the way. Yates has marked up the letter and made notes on 2/3 of the blank verso. Also laid in is an advance sheet from the publisher as well as three pieces torn from newspapers: two reviews of Amado's work by other critics and a 1975 interview with him in *Publisher's Weekly*. Yates' review was published in the *Saturday Review* on August 28, 1971. A nice association.