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Bantam Books, 1982. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. pages age toned, light rubbing to cover

Avon Books. New York: Avon Publishing Co. , 1946 first edition . 95 good, "25" written on the cover paperback,

Avon. 1950. First edition. first Thus. Trade paperback. Fine..

Canada.: Avon Books., 1950. Book. Illus. by Good Girl Art Painted Cover!. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!.. 123 pgs. "Headlights" (protruding breasts) Good Girl Art Painted cover Art! [SCARCE in paperback, under this title, with "The Case of the ." added to title!] Complete & Unabridged edition! VG/FN, but small 25 cents written in black felt to upper left cover, else better copy, thus VG! Still Nice! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall..

Canada: Avon Books., 1950. Book. Illus. by Good Girl Art Painted Cover!. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!.. 123 pgs. "Headlights" (protruding breasts) Good Girl Art Painted cover Art! [SCARCE in paperback, under this title, with "The Case of the ." added to title!] Complete & Unabridged edition! Has some spine roll, still nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall..

Pyramid Books. New York: Pyramid Books, Inc. , , 1963 first thus. R-917 very good -fine, , reading crease paperback,

Avon Books. New York: Avon Publishing Co. , 1946 first edition . 95 very good, creases paperback,

NY: Avon, 1946. [1st printing](1946) #95. Cover art is uncredited. Creasing; spine head bent; tanning; name in pen and date in pencil on first page.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-.

New York: Avon Publishing Co., Inc., [1950]. First edition thus. Tiny tear to right edge of front cover, a near fine copy in wrappers. (7984). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback. First issued on paperback by Avon in 1946 as The Black Orchids. This re-issue changes the title slightly. This edition contains only the first novelette of two which appeared in the hardcover edition. A Nero Wolfe adventure.

New York: Avon Publishing Co., Inc., [1950]. First edition thus. A near fine copy, touch of wear to spine ends. (9772). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Avon # 256. Paperback. First issued on paperback by Avon in 1946 as The Black Orchids. This re-issue changes the title slightly. This edition contains only the first novelette of two which appeared in the hardcover edition. A Nero Wolfe adventure.

Bantam. Collectible - Good. 1982. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. (N33) .

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1945. 1. Hardcover. A Tower Mystery reprinting of Black Orchids together with Cordially Invited to Meet Death. Covers show light general wear. Text is toned though well bound and free from marks. Jacket is worn at all edges with a few chips and tears as well as a very small amount of loss at the top of the spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages .

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1945. First Printing stated for Tower Books Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket very good or better with only a little wear and tiny loss to sipne foot, else quite nice. Former owner blindstamp to endpaper. Book pages have usual yellowing. First signature a bit loose, but holding, else very good. null A Nero Wolfe Double Mystery: Black Orchids and Cordially Invited to Meet Death. First thus.

Cleveland & New York: A Tower Mystery / World Publishing Company, 1945. First Thus. Cloth . Good/Fair. First printing of Tower Books Mystery. Octavo in heavily edgeworn & chipped dustjacket. Tape 'repairs' and tape residue, Tanning end pages and marginal darkening through text interiors. Tape residue on pastedowns front & rear. Pine green cloth covered boards with light green lettering along spine and stamped light green Tower Mystery colophon. Board edges darkened and worn espcecially top and bottom of spine. Textblock top edge heavily darkened/dust stained with one inch by one half inch stain. [271 pages]

New York: Joseph Meyers / Avon Book Company, 1945. 5.25" wide by 7.5" tall. Original wraps, printed in green, maroon, black, and yellow. No owner's name or bookplate. Clean, square, and unmarked. Tight binding. Text pages (wartime paper) browning, as usual. Cover still bright and shiny. First issue of this digest. Contains a brief Introduction by the "editor-in-chief" Rex Stout, and his photo (see Townsend F6). In all there are 9 stories: BLACK ORCHIDS (complete) by Rex Stout; DEATH AND COMPANY by Dashiell Hammett; FOUR SUSPECTS by Agatha Christie; THE SNAKE by John Steinbeck; IMAGE IN THE MIRROR by Dorothy L. Sayers; SMART GUY (first time in print) by Bruno Fischer; LAWYER'S FEE by H. Felix Valcoe; IN THE LIBRARY by W. W. Jacobs; THE ROUSING OF MR. BRADEGAR by H. F. Heard. "The story [BLACK ORCHIDS] has a superb surprise ending." - Townsend B35d. From chapter 1: "I didn't particularly resent it when Nero Wolfe sent me up there Monday… Read More

Avon Books. New York: Avon Publishing Co. , 1946 first edition . 95 very good -fine, reading crease paperback,

Four near fine titles in Collier's Front Page Mysteries series. No internal markings. Mild rubbing to boards and minor bumps to corners, otherwise fine condition. A handsome set of mid-20th century murder and crime novels.
Zenith Jones Brown was a prolific mystery author writing under a number of psudonyms including Leslie Ford. Her title, Murder in the P.M. is one of 14 Mrs. Latham and Col. Primrose novels. Cornell Woolrich was another prolific writer of crime and detective fiction which he published under many names, The Phantom Lady, being the first published under the pseudonym William Irish. Many of his stories were made into films including his, It Had to be Murder, which Alfred Hitchcock filmed as Rear Window. Husband and wife team Frances and Richard Lockridge, co-presidents of the Mystery Writers of America were the creators of the acclaimed Mr. and Mrs. North series of books along with the Lt. Heimrich, Nathan Shapiro, and Paul Lane series, totaling more than 60 novels. Rex Stout, a… Read More

FIRST EDITION (British), lacking the dust jacket. The book is good to very good in faded and lightly soiled orange boards. Two novellas, 'Black Orchids' and 'Cordially Invited to Meet Death.'

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. Two early Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin mysteries - satisfactory! Ex-library with stamps to the end papers and a few spots in the text. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the extremeties. Rear hinge loose, front hinge cracked with the front free end paper missing. The proud previous owners have eagerly stamped their names on the upper edge of the text block and several times on the end papers and throughout the text so you would not easily forget who this book belonged to. Jacket is rubbed with chips and tears, including a 2" tear down the upper front spine fold and across the spine. Spine is sunned, jacket is attached to a stiff paper backing with the flaps glued to the pastedowns. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Poor/Fair. Ex-Library.

Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First edition (with publisher's colophon on copyright page). Hardbound, black-lettered brown cloth, in good+ condition with previous owner bookplate on front endpaper. Dj flaps have been separated and attached to front pastedown, remainder of dj shows moderate edgewear, free of chips or tears in near very-good condition.