The Masters and the Slaves: a study of the development of Brazilian civilization by Gilberto Freyre

The Masters and the Slaves [Casa-Grande & Senzala]: a study of the development of Brazilian civilization
by Gilberto Freyre
translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam

New York: Alfred A. Knopf
Stated second English-language edition, revised, March 1956

SIGNED and inscribed in Portuguese by Freyre on dedication page, to Rod W. Horton and dated April 1959. Horton was the translator of one of Freyre's other books, Order and Progress: Brazil from Monarchy to Republic.

Condition: Hardcover; dust jacket is in mylar with minor edge wear, scuffing, spine sunned with some tears, and creasing to back dj. Horton's ownership stamp on ffep, otherwise interior is clean and neat. Binding is firm.