Cannibals and Missionaries

New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (1979) , so stated; First Printing. Very Good in Very Good DJ: The Book shows light shelving wear the bottom edge of the green quarter cloth and amber boards; the thinnest line of sunning to the head and heel of the backstrip; small, faint coffee stains to the lower fore-edge; a little wear to the rear corner tips; four leaves have been inadvertently creased right at the upper corner tip; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and minor unobtrusive imperfections. The DJ shows sun-blanching to the backstrip (the black author's name is bright but the title somewhat muted if quite legible; a thin line of toning to the top edge of the inside front flap; the price is intact. Attractive and intact, but not without flaw. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.65 x 5./85 x 1.35 inches) . 344pp. Language: English. Weight: 22 ounces. Hardcover with DJ. Mary McCarthy has never gotten her due as a prose writer and this -- her best novel -- seems to have been overlooked. In Cannibals and Missionaries Mary McCarthy offers a shrewd analysis of the logic of terror and combines it with a witty study of manners in this thriller about a hijacked Iranian jet carrying a committee of liberals sent to investigate human rights violations in Iran and a group of erudite art collectorsIt is a completely delightful book and can be reread with pleasure. She is a master story teller. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 369 pages .