Contrary by Mccarthy, First Edition (21 results)

Condition: Very Good -. 1st Printing. Square tight copy with a light moisture stain along top edge of book, a 5.5" corner crease on back cover, and covers show light wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 3rd Printing. Published by Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1961. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with a small tear to the bottom front edge and small nicks to the spine.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A bit of sunning on the boards, very good in very good dust jacket with a little foxing and a few small tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Minor chipping to head and heel of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Robert Cato (unclipped; short tears). Very good. 312 pages. Bookplate of Jean P. Vincent on the front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good +. First Edition, First Printing. vii, 312 p. 21 cm. Grey cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Light wear to jacket edges. Book itself has faded spine and a little fading to edges. Essays on a wide range of topics, including the assassination of Gandhi, Vassar, anti-Semitism, the Communist party, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, etc.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine in pictorial wraps. First Edition. 12mo., 216 pp. First Edition, First Printing of the Signet [#T2502] mass market paperback from June, 1964. Collection of fourteen [14] satirical essays from the author of the feminist classic "The Group." Originally published in two of McCarthy's books, "Theatre Chronicles 1937-1962 and "On the Contrary.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. viii + 312 pp, esssays, letters, journalism, etc. grouped under three topics. I. Politics and the Social Scene; II. Woman; III. Literature and the Arts. No iIndex. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, gray cloth crisp and spine letters VG+, fr lower board corner tip slightly bumped. Illustrated unclipped DJ in protector, with a 1/4" chip along the bottom edge, else VG/DJ Size: Small Octavo. Book.

Condition: Good. 1961. 1st Printing. 312 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 1961; First printing stated; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages completely free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket in Very Good condition w/ no significant flaws to disclose; Jacket now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An exceptional copy, fit for any collectors library; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 312p. : ill ; 21cm. Subjects: Essays in English. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 312p. : ill ; 21cm. Subjects: Essays in English. 1 Kg.

312pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, Edges foxed A very good copy. First UK edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First English edition. A little foxing on the foredge, else fine in fine dust jacket. Mary McCarthy was an American novelist, critic, and political activist. She left the Catholic Church at a young age, and spent time in different Communist circles, settling into the anti-Stalinist Left. In the 1960's she traveled to Vietnam, acting as an anti-war reporter. Uncommon edition.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 312. Rear hinge tender, o/w VG in little chipped and somewhat soiled dj. Essays on a variety of subjects.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 312p. : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. 3 Kg.

Condition: Good. 8vo. [ca. 300 pp.] Hard Cover, Very Good, Dust Jacket is Very Good with Mylar Protective Covering. Stated as First Printing.Provenance: Richard A. Lorenz (1952-2001), author, art conservator,curator and director of the San FranciscoRegional Art Conservation Center. As a trustee of The ImogenCunningham Trust , Mr. Lorenz organized and curatedexhibitions of Cunningham's photographs and authored four major books onthe photographer.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 312p. : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Boards stained a fair only copy in good worn dust jacket. McCarthy's own copy, unsigned but with correction noted in her hand in ink on the rear jacket flap. Provenance on request.

First edition. 8vo, gray cloth. A presentation copy, inscribed by McCarthy on the front flyleaf: "To dear Sylvia who has her own contrariness, with love, Mary." Fine in a rubbed dust jacket with a loong tear to the front panel and a sizeable chip to the rear.

First edition. 8vo. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in white, black and red, dust jacket. New York, Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy. Signed by the author to the title page. A collection of McCarthy's essays, all previously published in periodicals, and covering broad subjects, from Politics, Social Science, fashion, literature and the arts. A near fine copy, light wear to extremities of jacket.