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Fade line on top of boards; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket rear flap creased, 1/8" tear on front panel; else clean and intact. All correct First Edition points present. The final installment in the Wolfe canon, published shortly before Stout's death.
A Family Affair
Stout, Rex
New York: Viking, 1975.
Price: $35.00
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Lightly toned textblock, else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Whites of jacket have toned, red lettering on spine has faded, light edgewear, small nicks at spine ends; else intact. a Nero Wolfe story and first of three novels featuring Arnold Zeck, criminal mastermind. Guest on radio show is poisoned after drinking sponsor's product. All first edition points present. Solid copy
And be a Villain, a Nero Wolfe Novel
Stout, Rex
New York: Viking, 1948.
Price: $185.00
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Usual textblock tanning, else clean,square and unmarked. Jacket has several closed tears, edgewear else virtually intact. Replicates the rare First Edition jacket art with orchid. Solid copy of an early printing
Black Orchids
Stout, Rex
NY: World Publishing Tower, 1945.
Price: $75.00
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Farrar Rinehart First Edition colophon on Copyright page. Heavy offsetting on endpapers, 1/4" tear at base of front hinge (else binding very solid, foxing on edges, light toning of textblock; else clean, square, tight and unmarked. Jacket has slight loss at spine ends and corners, foxing on rear panel, several small tears; else intact, $2.00 price on front flap. Presents very nicely overall. Contains two novellas, Black Orchids and Cordially Invited to Meet Death. The title story concerns Wolfe's endeavors to obitain Black Orchids from a rival grower, but a murder ensues. Both are excellent early Wolfe's and highly recommended
Black Orchids
Stout, Rex
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942.
Price: $675.00
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Cancelled check to Rex Stout issued by the Frank A. Munsey Company dated July 6, 1916 in the amount of $45. Back of check states "By endorsement of this check the payee acknowledges payment in full for the following: One story entitled "A Modern Major," endorsed by Stout and his wife Ruth. Two creases, light wrinkling; else very nice condition. Though this story is not listed in Townsend's Bibliography of Stout, date and subject matter of the story indicate it may have been retitled "An Officer and a Lady", published January 13, 1917 in All-Story Weekly (a central character is a military officer with rank Major) A unique piece of Stout history.
Cancelled Check for Short Story "A Modern Major" signed by Stout
Stout, Rex
1914.
Price: $335.00
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Cancelled check to Rex Stout issued by the Frank A. Munsey Company dated February 14, 1914 in the amount of $33. Back of check states "By endorsement of this check the payee acknowledges payment in full for the following: One story entitled "If He Be Married," endorsed by Stout and his wife Ruth. Faint dampstain of back of check, short closed tear, two creases. The story was published January 16, 1915 in All Story Cavalier Weekly ( a Munsey publication) Townsend B19. A unique piece of Stout history.
Cancelled Check for Short Story "If He Be Married" signed by Stout
Stout, Rex
1914.
Price: $275.00
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Lightly toned textblock; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket has light edgewear, several small closed tears, very slight loss at corners, price clipped (though a portion of the $ sign is present); else clean and intact, All First Edition points present. Nero Wolfe story wherein the corpulent one investigates the murder of glamorous unwed mother. Archie Goodwin and Cramer also appear.
Champagne for One
Stout, Rex
New York: Viking, 1958.
Price: $165.00
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Front panel of jacket is rubbed, wear at extremities, else a flawless copy. Not price clipped, first edition points present. Wolfe ventures out of his lair to the wild and wooly west. Nice copy
Death of a Dude
Stout, Rex
New York: Viking, 1969.
Price: $85.00
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Boards darkened slightly around edges, small ding on top edge, mild toning; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket spine faded slight loss at spine ends and corners; else clean and intact, $3.50 price present on front flap. All First Edition points present. Chess master is poisoned while playing twelve simultaneous matches at the Gambit Club. Nero arnd Archie are called in to solve the mystery. Praised in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME by Barzun and Taylor. Difficult to find in collectable condition.
Gambit
Stout, Rex
New York: Viking, 1962.
Price: $85.00
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Townsend A5. Advance publisher's copy with "Discussion Copy" stamped on front boards and printed across front panel of the dustjacket. Rear panel has an explanation titled "Why a discussion copy". This apparently is a form of Advance Review copy designed to assess critical interest in the yet unproven Stout. Purple boards are faded (common with this title), a slight touch of fraying at base of spine, two ownership signatures; else clean, tight square and unmarked. Professionally restored jacket has light toning, light rubbing on rear panel; else intact, very nice period art by Leffertz. Stout's first book, a noirish psychlogical suspense story, some feel is overlooked and underrated. A very special item, particularly in this condition.Advance Review Copy.
How Like a God
Stout, Rex
New York: Vanguard, 1929.
Price: $1,950.00
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Ownership signature on FFE, lightly toned textblock; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has heavy wear, tear and chipping, $2.95 price present on front flap. All First Edition points present. Archie goes undercover as secretary of Park Avenue millionaire to intestigate who in the family is leaking vital information. Murders ensue, Wolfe steps in to solve the case.
If Death Ever Slept
Stout, Rex
New York: Viking, 1957.
Price: $25.00
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Ownership stamp on FFE, moderately toned textblock; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has light chipping an fraying at spine endsand corners, mild edgewear; else intact, $2.95 price present on front flap. All First Edition points present. Archie goes undercover as secretary of Park Avenue millionaire to intestigate who in the family is leaking vital information. Murders ensue, Wolfe steps in to solve the case.
If Death Ever Slept
Stout, Rex
New York: Viking, 1957.
Price: $85.00
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Some browning to page edges, else clean, square and unmarked. Slightest fading to red spine, a touch of wear at extremities else Fine, $4.50 price present on front flap. Collects TOO MANY COOKS, PLOT IT YOURSELF, and novellas HOME TO ROOST, THE COP-KILLER and THE SQUIRT AND THE MONKEY, all Nero Wolfe stories.
Kings Full of Aces
Stout, Rex
New York: Viking, 1969.
Price: $95.00
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Clean, flawless copy of book. Jacket has fade line on front panel, mild spine fade, Fraying, slight loss on spine ends; else clean and intact. $2.50 price on front flap and other First Edition points present. A bibliomystery wherein Wolfe investigates the death of the reader for a publishing house that the police have dismissed as a hit and run accident.
Murder By the Book
Stout, Rex
New York: Viking Press, 1952.
Price: $195.00
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Extremely nice early reprint (not cheaply produced Wartime Madison Square edition) Ownership signature on FFE, else flawless. Jacket has only a touch of wear on edges; else very clean, bright and intact. Non-Wolfe, story of Kansas school teachers who venture to New York City. "It certainly could not be said that New York is too much for them: they find that the gangsters entertainers, and gold-diggers are really no brighter than the folks back home," according to the jacket. Stout's humor evident throughout. Scarce in any edition.
O Careless Love
Stout, Rex
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Grosset and Dunlap, 1935.
Price: $65.00
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Light wear to extremeties, ink check marks on list of Stout titles in the prelims; else a very nice copy. Nero and Archie encounter their first "Women's liberationist." Cited in Barzun and Taylor. First printing, all First Edition points present.
Please Pass the Guilt
Stout, Rex
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1973.
Price: $40.00
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Point of Death, (Fer-de-Lance) short story in American Magazine
Stout, Rex
1934: Crowell,
Price: $50.00
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Townsend A35, First Edition points present. Textblock toning, traces of foxing, light wear to boards; else clean, square tight and unmarked. Whites of jacket have toned, slight loss at head of spine, fraying at extremities; else clean and intact, $2.75 price present on front flap. International intrigue wherein series character Mark Vukcic is gunned down. Wolfe travels to Yugoslavia to unravel the case, recieving a flesh wound for his trouble. A number of revealing backstory insights into the Wolfe character. Highly praised in 1001 MIDNIGHTS by Pronzini and Muller. Nice copy, increasingly scarce.
The Black Mountain
Stout, Rex
New York: Viking, 1954.
Price: $135.00
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Jacket clipped; slight age toning of textblock; else flawless copy. Wolfe takes a case and quickly encounters a murder in which members of the FBI may be involved. "The battle between the fat detective genious and the massed uniformed legion of the FBI is and epic in Wolfe's career," states the jacket."
The Doorbell Rang
Stout, Rex
London: Collins Crime Club, 1966.
Price: $35.00
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Slight textblock toning, owners signature on endpaper, small splash mark front board; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has 1/4" loss at spine ends, rubbing on fods, several archival tape mends on verso, else intact, $2.50 price on front flap. First edition points present. The first Nero Wolfe published after WWII and first published by Viking. Wolfe is called to solve the murder of government official. Praised in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME by Barzin and Taylor.
The Silent Speaker
Stout, Rex
New York: Viking, 1946.
Price: $95.00
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