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Published by Norton, 1994, 1994
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition Fine and bright red boards with gilt titles in very close to fine pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Playful, informative and unique. Profusely illustrated with color photographs and fine detail. With informative and historical text. Gift quality.
Seller: Antiquarianbooksellers GEMILANG, Bredevoort, Netherlands
S.L.[Brazil, 1956]. large oblong 8°. thin pictorial coloured & lettered boards with protective plastic dustjacket, being a beautiful border watercolour in a very expertise hand, painted by LAERTE. (his name in lower right corner calligraphed on upper cover). Title calligraphed with decorative initials in centre of upper boards also by Laerte. Souvenir-album cont. tog. 15 orig. photographs mounded on 3 stiff leaves, each with hand-lettered key, in an excellent hand, (with names & silhouettes of persons appearing on photos) on tissue-guards. Souvenir-Album depict. a visit of a U.S. delegation to Brazil in 1956. Among the names we find a.o. Mr. and Mrs. GERALD FORD (former U.S. President)(appearing on a number of photographs), A.D. Bonham Carter, Mrs. R.L. Martensen, J.M.F. Edange, Mrs. W.G.A. Cochrane, Robert Guy Rodwell, Alfonso Vibonatti Jr., B.S. Swift, Johann Greiner, Manoel Viera, Mr. & Mrs. J.A.S. Barton, Cornelis Van Bellen, O.A. Ziliotto, A. Peres, Mrs. M.L. Rodriguez, L. Rocco, F.Pinto Ferreira Filho, &c.the Album does not reveal the purpose of this visit to Brazil. A beautiful & very well preserved ephemeric piece!.