DE ASSIS, Machado. Epitaph of a Small Winner. Trans. from the Portuguese by William L. Grossman. London: W. H. Allen. 1953. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. A very good copy. The boards with some mild stains towards edges, gently pushed at tips. The binding tight and square, the contents with occasional toning to endpapers and at several gutters, the textblock edges with faint spots. From the library of Bruce Marshall with his ink inscription to front endpaper. The dust jacket unclipped, nicked and chipped at spine head, several small nicks to other corners with some mild spots.
The Brazilian author’s breakthrough work in the English speaking world, being a best-seller in the US and selling well in the UK. It centres on the regaling memoirs of a ghost whose criticism of Brazilian culture and literary Positivism was influenced by Arthur Schopenhauer. It was also one of Woody Allen’s favourite novels, if that adds any credence of interest or collectibility.
DE ASSIS, Machado. Epitaph of a Small Winner. Trans. from the Portuguese by William L. Grossman. London: W. H. Allen. 1953. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. A very good copy. The boards with some mild stains towards edges, gently pushed at tips. The binding tight and square, the contents with occasional toning to endpapers and at several gutters, the textblock edges with faint spots. From the library of Bruce Marshall with his ink inscription to front endpaper. The dust jacket unclipped, nicked and chipped at spine head, several small nicks to other corners with some mild spots.
The Brazilian author’s breakthrough work in the English speaking world, being a best-seller in the US and selling well in the UK. It centres on the regaling memoirs of a ghost whose criticism of Brazilian culture and literary Positivism was influenced by Arthur Schopenhauer. It was also one of Woody Allen’s favourite novels, if that adds any credence of interest or collectibility.
