Castro, Jose Maria Ferreira de — A VOLTA AO MUNDO.

Lisboa, Empresa Nacional de Publicidade, 1942. e 678 pp. halfleather bound gilt titles and decoration . Jose Maria Ferreira de Castro was a Portuguese writer and journalist. At age 12, he immigrated to Brazil. He returned to Portugal in 1919, and started working as a journalist. In this book A Volta ao Mundo, he recounted his travels around the world in the outset of World War II. Rich illustrated with b/w photo’s, color plates (black/gold/red/silver etc.), maps, tipped in color plates. 25 x 31 cm. Cover shows some wear and moist. Otherwise very nice and clean copy.