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Viking Press, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition inscribed by Rex Stout on the front free endpaper. Very good dust jacket still have original price of $2.50 on front flap. Correct designation of first printing by Viking on copyright page and title page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

New York: Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Very good in a good dust jacket with chips and stains. Inscribed by the author a couple of month after publication; “Dec. 17-1946 - For Elizabeth Rosak - With high esteem and specially warm regards - Rex Stout.”

New York: The Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 308 pages; publisher's green cloth. Dust jacket with $2.50 price on front flap; slight fading near foot of spine. Owner name and date on FFEP, liight tape ghost off-setting onto end papers; small check mark by some titles on "Books By Rex Stout" page.

New York: Viking, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small crease on front fly, else near fine gift inscription on the front fly, else near fine in very good dust jacket with a tear along the top of the spine. A reasonably nice copy of this Nero Wolfe title.

New York: Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Very good plus in a dust jacket with minor chips and small interior mends.

New York: Viking, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Gift inscription on the front fly, else near fine in near very good dust jacket with a Christmas label covering the price on the front flap and several modest nicks and tears. A reasonably nice copy of this Nero Wolfe title.

London: The Crime Club by Collins Clear-Type Press, 1947. Undetermined. near fine. 1st Edition. 192pp. Small octavo, in publisher's orange boards with black lettering along the spine. Mild bumping to head and base of spine. Faint dust soiling to top of page edges. Illustrated dust jacket, by Pollack, slightly rubbed at the head and base of the spine. near fine The first full-length Nero Wolfe novel published after a wartime six-year hiatus, here in a lovely and collectible first U.K. Edition. 1947

1946. The Viking Press. New York. 1946. First edition. Hardback in DW. Endpapers and edges spotted and browned. Turquoise boards, lined in pink with yellow text. Wrapper is NOT price-clipped but is worn along top edge with a small portion missing to head of spine.

New York: The Viking Press. 1946. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth stamped in yellow and purple to the upper board and spine, in the Robert Hallock illustrated dustwrapper. Pink top stain. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked, price-clipped dustwrapper which has as closed tear at the bottom of the upper spine fold and tiny chips at the tips of the lightly faded spine. An attractive example. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

The Viking Press, October 1946 1946. VG+/VG-. Stated First Edition. 14 x 25 cm green cloth with a purple line and yellow titles to the front and spine. Top edge red, 308(2)pp with unclipped dust jacket priced at $2.50. The boards have been well protected by the dust jacket and are mainly clean and bright except for a little fading to the spine tips and just a touch of bruising to the bottom corners. Internally there is no name, inscription or bookplate and just a hint of uniform toning to the page edges. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), is a little chipped along the top and bottom edges with minor loss of up to 0.5 cm at the spine tips and of a couple of millimetres on the corners. There is a small split across the width of the spine in the middle. The top edge has two closed tears of 0.5cm and there is a similar one along the bottom edge of the front panel all with associated creasing and a small tide mark at the very top edge of the rear… Read More

New York: The Viking Press. This book ended a six-year period around WWII when Stout stopped writing mysteries, making it Stout's first postwar mystery. It features legendary New York City private detective Nero Wolfe and assistant Archie Goodwin investigating the murder of a high-ranking government official. This copy shows some edgewear; there is a group of small stains on front cover. The dustjacket is basically whole but heavily worn and chipped along edges and at spine ends with stain on front panel corresponding to stains on front cover; no missing or damaged text. Very Scarce. . Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. 1946.

New York: Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Nearly fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and numerous small tears.

New York: Viking. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 308 p. 21 cm. Sound binding in cloth-covered boards. Slightly cocked. Minor wear to edges and boards, with tail of spine a little crinkled. Gift inscription on the front pastedown endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with toning and a hint of mustiness. Dust jacket has wear to the edges, including tiny tears and creases. The spine ends are chipped. It is not price clipped. A Nero Wolfe mystery novel. .

New York: Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, clipped, toned, some brown stains at the back panel, closed tears at the edges. Green cloth, lightly bumped. Bound with some reading wear and a forward lean, red top stain, clean internally. A Nero Wolfe novel that sees him investigate the murder of the Director of the Bureau of Price Regulation right before his speech at the National Industrial Association meeting at the Waldorf.

The Crime Club, Collins, 1947. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Publisher's orange cloth, light wear, slightly sunned, very good indeed. In dustwrapper, price-clipped, lightly creased, small tears, spine sunned, a few small chips, overall very good. A Nero Wolfe novel. Another case for the eccentric oversized New York armchair detective Nero Wolfe. The mysteries of Rex Stout were cited as an influence by thriller writer Ian Fleming, being mentioned by name in the James Bond novels (read by 007 and frowned upon by M). Cooper and Pike; Detective Fiction pp.277-281. Gilbert, p.624.

1947. Collins Crime Club. London. 1947. First edition. Hardback in DW. Pages browned, ownership inscription, spine partially faded otherwise a clean and sound copy in wrapper that is worn and creased to edges, chipped and internally strengthened with tape to head and tail of spine.

Bantam Books. New York 1948. Bantam Books. (Number 308). New York. 1948. First edition thus, pulp paperback with red stained edges. Spine very lightly creased, pages browned otherwise a clean and fresh copy.

New York: Avenel Books. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 051703753X . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 9.2 X 6.1 X 1.8 inches; 745 pages .

1947. Collins Crime Club. London. 1947. First edition. Hardback in DW. Pages browned, ownership inscription, head and tail of spine and lower corners partially faded and worn, outer edges of pages foxed. Generally clean and sound copy in wrapper that is very worn, torn and creased to edges and lacks small portions to corners.

London: Collins Crime Club, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A Biblio-mystery. First edition hardback dated 1947 on verso title page , no dustjacket , orange boards with black white titles to spine , small owners name on back pastedown , no other inscriptions , no spine lean , no tears to pages but a printers cutting error has left 3 pages with a little overhang , sitting proud of the other pages , corners are sharp ,spine tips are pushed and minor wear , usual page toning with age , no foxing to edges, front boards has few marks , not a remainder , not an ex-library copy. All orders are sent bubble-wrapped and in a strong box. We are a full time Independent bookseller established in 1999..