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Cannibals and Missionaries
by McCarthy, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Van Nuys, California, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, NY, 1979; First Edition, first printing; 8vo, 369 pages; green cloth spine; gilt titles; silk headbands. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. Not priced clipped. A handsome copy.
Synopsis
A suspenseful and sometimes horrifying novel of manners, whose plot and odd mix of characters combine to produce an unorthodox thriller about the hijacking of a Middle East-bound jetliner over France in early 1975. "Psychologically astute, ironic and ultimately heartbreaking"(Publishers Weekly).
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- Bookseller
- AARDWOLF Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5505
- Title
- Cannibals and Missionaries
- Author
- McCarthy, Mary
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- NY,
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Fiction, Mary McCarthy, Iran, Shah, Highjacking
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Crisp
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