Seven Complete Nero Wolfe Novels (The Silent Speaker / Might as Well Be Dead / If Death Ever Slept / 3 at Wolfe's Door / Gambit / Please Pass the Guilt / A Family Affair) by Rex Stout - 1983

New York: Avenel, 1983. Hardcover. Good/fair. Ray Yeldham. First printing of this edition. The dust jacket is in such a condition it would almost be a kindness to discard it -- very severe yellowing to front and spine; closed tear on rear hinge. Book is rated as if with no dust jacket. Red binding with gilt print on spine. Pages are clean and unmarked; tanning; some age related discoloration at page edges. Avenel hard cover with dust jacket, first printing of this edition. 1983. ISBN: 9780517412497, 745 pages, cover art by Ray Yeldham. 8vo (6"" x 9.25"") Six Nero Wolfe novels and a short story collection: The Silent Speaker (11th Wolfe book); Might As Well Be Dead (27th Wolfe book); If Death Ever Slept (28th Wolfe book); Gambit (37th Wolfe book); Please Pass the Guilt (45th Wolfe book), A Family Affair (46th Wolfe book); and the story collection 3 at Wolfe's Door (33rd Wolfe book, consisting of Poison a la Carte, Method Three for Murder, and The Rodeo Murder).