THE MAN IN THE CAGE by Vance, John Holbrook (Jack Vance) - [1960]

Underwood-Miller, 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in very good condition. Limited edition. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. *** Signed by author, Jack Vance *** Dust jacket protected in mylar. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, NY, USA: Random House, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition. Light wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request.

New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 219pp. Boards, coated endpapers. 1961 Edgar Award winner for best first novel. A touch of wear to lower corner tips else a fine copy in very good dustjacket with light wear and a faded spine panel (lettering still perfectly readable). ; Octavo.

Underwood-Miller, 1983-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Signed Limited Edition. Minimal wear and creases. Pages are clean and intact.

NY: Random House, (1960).. First edition.. 219 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket that has one short tear, light sunning to spine, and some trivial soiling.

New York: Random House, [1960]. First edition. Corners and spine ends a little bruised, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to spine ends and corner tips, closed tear to upper rear flap fold, mild fade to orange background ink of spine panel, upper front panel shows indent from where paperclips once held something, indents visible on front panel from a note having been written over top. (31242). Octavo, boards. Winner of Mystery Writers Edgar Award for best first novel 1960. "In the Ambler tradition of plunging an innocent bystander into the thick of international finagling, it involves an American engineer in the passage of arms to Algerian rebels. Ingenious in action, vivid in local color, it brings off the rare trick of presenting a hero who is admirably resourceful physically and mentally without any hint of the irritating and incredible superman." - Anthony Boucher, NY Times, April 10, 1960. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A10.

Mayflower Books, 1961. First edition. vg. vg to vg+ 1st Mayflower 1961 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

New York: Random House, [1960]. First edition. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste down, upper right third of front free end paper clipped, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with shelf wear to spine ends and tiny black stain marks to upper and lower edges to the verso of the jacket with bleed through. (21536). Octavo, boards. Winner of Mystery Writers Edgar Award for best first novel 1960. "In the Ambler tradition of plunging an innocent bystander into the thick of international finagling, it involves an American engineer in the passage of arms to Algerian rebels. Ingenious in action, vivid in local color, it brings off the rare trick of presenting a hero who is admirably resourceful physically and mentally without any hint of the irritating and incredible superman." - Anthony Boucher, NY Times, April 10, 1960. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A10.

New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG-; Red jacket spine with black and white lettering; Jacket has some wear along the edges, a few creases and rubbing to both sides. Price is unclipped (2.95), though someone has written price (in pounds) in blue ink on front flap; Boards are 1/4 bound in paper with Random House Mystery logo; Some wear along the edges, bumping to corners; Binding tight; Text block typically toned but clean; LP consign. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1286473. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Random House, 1960. 219 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H). "Noel Hutson, junketing around the Mediterranean in petty smuggling operations, liked to think of himself as a gallant adventurer. But in the middle of a foul-smelling North African desert kasbah, with a truckload of contraband guns for some grim-faced Arabs, he began to think less and less like a swashbuckling hero. When he was forced to reload his truck with a suspicious cargo for delivery back to his boss in Tangier, it was enough to make any high-strung young man lose control, and then send a frantic SOS letter to his family. Noel and his truck disappeared, but the letter produced his older brother Darrell, on a reluctant mission to pull Noel's chestnuts out of the fire - an exciting suspense novel about an American of courage and intelligence who succeeded in taking everything he wanted away from the restless society of smuggling, murder, and North African politics." Bequest bookplate of the actor Raymond Massey to his… Read More