The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe by Darby, Ken - 1983

Little, Brown, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Interior pages with text without any extraneous marks. Dust jacket adhered to the boards by the enlightened librarians. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Little, Brown, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light scuffing and smudging across boards and spine strip. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Little, Brown, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the dust jacket with some tearing and chipping; dust jacket has been removed from the library mylar. Slightly cocked spine. Moderate wear to the boards; tape marks to the boards. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1983. A biography of Nero Wolfe's house, including Fritz's kitchen, Theodore Horstmann's orchid room, and the role the house played in the many cases Nero and Archie investigated, 178 pages. Spine head very gently bumped with a few spots of faint foxing to the upper edge of the text block. Jacket lightly rubbed with a touch of wear at the edges. Spine, flap folds and upper edge tanned, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Little, Brown, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. near fine/near fine. octavo. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". 178pp. Bookplate of previous owner of front endpaper. In a price clipped dust jacket. Nero Wolfe.

Boston and Toronto: Little Brown & Co, 1983. Stated first edition. 8vo. Hardcover 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Brown paper covered boards. 178 pp. Book is in fine condition./Dust jacket has tiny pinhole in front panel along joint to spine. Otherwise, a crisp, clean, tight fine dust jacket.. Ken Darby is a renowned Hollywood musical director, composer, and lyricist, whose best known credit is The Wizard of Oz. The biography of a house? Keep in mind that this is the brownstone house of Nero Wolfe, the elephantine sleuth, gourmand, genius and master of seven languages. His attitude toward physical activity (he hates it) and in fact his aversion to any form of work has endeared him to his countless fans, but it also confined him primarily to his brownstone. He accepted cases only in order to maintain his elegant brownstone, and he solved them in his brownstone. Ken Darby, one of Wolfe's most avid fans, became quite attached to the brownstone house, as any loyal fan would. As a last tribute to the house, no longer… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 178 pp, letters Archie Goodwin, Ken Darby; foreword, cases mentioned by Archie Goodwin (Nero Wolfe's assistant), words & epigrams, personnel stats, final note, chronological bibliography of Nero Wolfe's Brownstone House; contents near fine. 8vo, brown boards, bottom spine slightly bumped; dust jacket light edge wear, flap clipped, in clear plastic Brodart sleeve, very good+.

Little, Brown, 1983-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

E-302. Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Little Brown & Company, Boston, MA. 1983. X,178 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Reviews the career of the famous fictional detective, Nero Wolfe, as recorded in the books by Rex Stout. Since Wolfe "stoutly" refused to leave his house, practically all of his detecting took place here. Discussions of events are provided, with detailed layouts of the house and of individual rooms. There is also a bibliography of the seventy or so cases in which Wolfe acted. Ken Darby is a well-known choir director, composer, and lyricist, and clearly a Nero Wolfe enthusiast. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Good +. Light brown paper covered boards display mild wear to top and bottome edge, light bumping to head and atil of spine. Book body clean and tight. Illustrated dust jacket shi=ow light sunning to top and bottom edges, mild chipping to edges and head and tail of spine, price intact, brodart protected.