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Not Quite Dead Enough
by Rex Stout
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
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About This Item
USA: Farrar & Rinehart Inc, 1944. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Not Quite Dead Enough by Rex Stout First Edition Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1944. War Edition. New York. A near fine copy that has no previous owner's inscriptions or markings. Contents and edges free of foxing, covers bright and unmarked. No toning to spine. In original VG dust jacket showing only light signs of wear. Not price clipped. "Not Quite Dead Enough" by Rex Stout is a thrilling detective novel featuring the renowned investigator Nero Wolfe. Set against the backdrop of World War II, Wolfe is confronted with a perplexing case that tests his brilliant deductive mind. As a murder suspect, he must rely on his resourceful assistant, Archie Goodwin, to clear his name and unearth the truth. Juggling the pressures of war and the demands of justice, Wolfe navigates through a web of intrigue, deceit, and cunning adversaries.
Synopsis
Not Quite Dead Enough is a Nero Wolfe double mystery by Rex Stout published in 1944 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. The volume contains two novellas that first appeared in The American Magazine: "Not Quite Dead Enough" (abridged, December 1942) "Booby Trap" (August 1944) These two stories have the distinction of being the only two stories where Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's live-in employee in all the other Nero Wolfe stories, wears the uniform of the United States Army.
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- Bookseller
- Brought to Book Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007488
- Title
- Not Quite Dead Enough
- Author
- Rex Stout
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart Inc
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1944
- Weight
- 1.43 lbs
- Keywords
- Not Quite Dead Enough by Rex Stout First Edition Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1944
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