[Signed] [First Edition] THE Mandarin Cypher Adam Hall [Used - Fine] [Hardcover]

by Adam Hall, pen name of Elleston Trevor. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. First U.S. edition, EARLY printing. 1975 printed to the title page, date code Q32 to the last page indicating a printing date of August 1975, original $7.95 printed to both dust jackets. SIGNED to the title page by the Edgar Award winning author of THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM, adapted to the 1966 film starring George Segal and Alec Guinness AND adapted to the 1975 TV series starring Michael Jayston. The sixth Quiller espionage mystery is set in Hong Kong and is filled with fast-paced action, agents of the People's Republic of China, an oil rig, karate, and a beautiful faithless woman. A lovely SIGNED collectible with TWO dust jackets. Light purple remainder spray to the lower page edges, else very nearly fine, square, and quite tight in brown linen over threaded brown-mustard boards with gilt embossed titles to the spine, deckle page fore-edges; in a fine dust jacket with art by William Maughan, with bright and UN-faded spine panel; original printed $7.95 price still intact to the front inner flap; an additional very nearly fine dust jacket included with a slightly yellow faded spine panel. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear, removable protective sleeve after scanning for this entry.