THE TWO DEATHS OF QUINCAS WATERYELL

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First US edition of the Brazilian modernist's "tall tale," translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby and illustrated by Emil Antonucci. 8.25'' x 5''. Original brightly colored decorative boards. In original unclipped ($3.95) black pictorial dust jacket. Jacket design and interior black and white illustrations by Antonucci. 97, [3] pages. Minor edgewear to boards and jacket, light scuffing to rear jacket panel, faint spot to fore-edge.