vietnam 1967 first von mary mccarthy (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is the 1967 First Edition of "Vietnam" by Mary McCarthy, as published by Harcourt , Brace and World. The renowned author and a leading American intellectual traveled to Vietnam seeking the truth about the war. That is what she found. **************************************** "I confess that when I went to Vietnam early last February I was looking for material damaging to the American interest and that I found it, though often by accident or in the process of being briefed by an individual." So begins a brilliant and incisive report on the war in Vietnam by one of America's great critics. This volume includes the complete text of the widely discussed articles that appeared in 'The New York Review of Books', together with an additional new section titled 'Solutions' ." *************************************** TITLE : Vietnam / AUTHOR : Mary McCarthy (Mary Therese McCarthy, 1912 - 1989) / IMPRINT : Harcourt, Brace & World / PLACE : New York / DATE : (1967) / EDITION : First Edition (So stated) / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade paperback; 106 pages; 6" x 9" ; photo-pictorial wraps, glued. This copy does not have an Erratum slip for the error on page 95, wherein the word 'not' was left out of the sentence on the third line down from the top. ********************************* CONDITION - VERY GOOD - This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Covers display modest surface rub and a touch of smudge. There is a small, thin scratch near the top edge of the front cover. Spine has nicking to extremities; cover edges display scattered minute nicking, and just discernible soft bumps to fore-edge corner tips.Basically clean and bright. / BINDING -- Solid - Tight / INTERIOR -- Clean and unmarked with but near-negligible signs of handling.