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New York: Delacorte Press, 1986. FIrst. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stephanie Gerber. SIGNED First edition. Signed and inscribed by author to a named recipient on the first blank page (ffep). Dust jacket is in excellent condition, unclipped, with a trace of edge wear at the spine, now in a new removable protective cover. Yellow boards, quarter bound in black cloth, with gold print on the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked, with deckle edges. Delacorte Press hard cover with dust jacket, first edition, first printing (stated), October 1986. ISBN: 9780385295062, 277 pages, cover art by Stephanie Gerber. 8vo (5.5"" x 8.5"") 2nd in Sister Mary Helen mystery series, preceded by A Novena for Murder, and followed by The Missing Madonna and others.

New York: Modern Library, 1946. hardcover. Fair/Fair. Paul Galdone. Fair book in like dust jacket. Jacket has chips and tears, and a clipped front flap; now in new removable protective cover. Blue cloth covered boards with gold print on front and spine in red boxes; rated fair because spine has twist and lean. This is Modern Library binding style 8, with Rockwell Kent end papers. Modern Library hard cover with dust jacket, 1946 edition but Fall 1958 printing, Modern Library #206.2, 612 pages, cover art by Paul Galdone. 12mo (4.5"" x 7.25"") Omnibus of two collections, together in one volume.

New York: Roc, 2001. first. Mass Paperback. Very Good. First edition. Raised print on front cover, corner crease on back cover. Spine straight, not creased. Inside of covers are tanning. Pages are clean and unmarked. Roc mass paperback, first edition, first printing July 2001 (stated) complete number line. ISBN: 9780451458377, 313 pages. 12mo (4.25"" x 6.75"") Winner, 2002 Compton Crook Award. 5th place, 2002 Locus Award. First in series, followed by Tainted Trail, Bitter Waters, and Dog Warrior.

New York: Mysterious Press, 2015. first. Trade paperback. Very Good. First edition. Reading crease near spine on cover, otherwise like new. Mysterious Press trade paperback, 1st edition Feb. 2015, ISBN: 9781497690417, 218 pages. 8vo (5.25"" x 8"") An old enemy of Nero Wolfe has decided to gain revenge by targeting Archie Goodwin for death. 10th in series continued by Robert Goldsborough after Rex Stout's death, preceded by Archie Mets Nero Wolfe, Murder in the Ball Park, and others.

First US edition. Dust jacket has light edge wear at spine, is now in new removable protective cover. Blue boards, with gilt print on spine. Small remainder mark. Pages are clean and unmarked. Minotaur St Martin's hard cover with dust jacket, 1st US edition Jan. 2011 (stated), complete number line, ISBN: 9780312674540, 338 pages. 8vo (9.5" x 6.25") The 15th Lord Peter Wimsey novel, preceded by A Presumption of Death, and followed by The Late Scholar.

New York: Pocket, 1963. first thus. Mass Paperback. Fair. First paperback printing. Fair to poor condition. Cover has crease. Spine is creased and canted. Prior owner's initials inside cover; old bookstore stamp on advertisement page. Closed tear on pages 59 - 74. Pages are clean and unmarked, aging. Dampstain on bottom edge of last 20 pages. Pocket mass paperback, first printing June 1963 (stated), Pocket #4604, 185 pages. 12mo (6.5"" x 4.25"") The 21st Bertha Cool - Donald Lam mystery. Industrial espionage, a Peeping Tom, little is what it seems. More than one woman falls for Lam in the course of this investigation, due to his habit of playing square and treating them like human beings. Sgt. Sellers is a little dense at first, taking Lam for the Peeping Tom. The investigation moves to Arizona at one point.

New York: Worldwide Library, 1996. mass paperback. very good. First paperback edition, very good condition. No creases to cover or spine; tiny corner ding. Pages are clean and unmarked; inside covers are tanning. Worldwide Library mass paperback, 1996 first printing, ISBN: 9780373262014, 253 pages. 12mo (4.25"" x 6.75"") Reprint of St. Martin's hard cover first edition. The second Anna Peters mystery, preceded by A Safe Place to DIe, and followed by Time Lapse and others.

New York: Pyramid, 1968. Mass Paperback. Very Good. Very good condition. Minor ding on front at top, faint corner creases on back. Spine is straight, not creased. Pages are clean and unmarked. Pyramid mass paperback, 3rd printing Sept. 1968, Pyramid # R-1785. 172 pages. 12mo (4.25"" x 7"") Second in the Tecumseh Fox detective series, preceded by Double for Death and followed by The Broken Vase. This story was re-worked into the Nero Wolfe story Bitter End, published in book form in the collection Death Times Three, with Archie and Nero splitting up Fox's activities.

New York: Doubleday, 1984. first. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Al Nagy. First edition. Very good book in good dust jacket. Jacket has small closed cut at spine and tiny rub on hinge, now in new removable protective cover. Blue boards, with navy cloth covered spine with gilt printing. Pages are clean and unmarked. Doubleday hardcover with dust jacket, 1st edition, 1st printing (stated), August 1984, ISBN: 9780385195416, 212 pages. Cover art by Al Nagy. 8vo (8.5"" x 5.5"") 4th in series. 12 more Black Widower stories, 3 printed here for the first time. In the introduction, Asimov makes a passing reference to the illness which will eventually take his life. Stories: Neither Brute Nor Human, Sixty Million Trillion Combinations, The Woman in the Bar, The Driver, The Good Samaritan, The Year of the Action, Can You Prove It?, The Phoenician Bauble, A Monday in April, The Redhead, The Wrong House, The Intrusion. Asimov includes an introduction to the book, and an afterword to each story.

New York: Bantam, 1968. Mass Paperback. fair. Cover is creased. Spine is creased, canted. Bookstore stamp inside front cover and brief note in pencil on advertisement page. Pages clean and unmarked, light tanning at edges. Bantam mass paperback, 2nd printing May 1968, Bantam #F3719, 156 pages. 12mo (7" x 4.25") The 13th Nero Wolfe book, preceded by Too Many Women, and followed by The Second Confession. First in Arnold Zeck series, followed by The Second Confession, and In the Best Families.

New York: Bantam, 1976. Mass Paperback. Good. Light tanning to cover and page edges; reading crease on cover near spine; light foxing on top page edges. Pages clean and unmarked, spine not creased. Bantam mass paperback, 10th printing Nov. 1976, ISBN: 9780553028317, 149 pages. 12mo (7"" x 4.25"") The 25th Nero Wolfe book, preceded by Three Men Out and followed by Might As Well Be Dead.

New York: Bantam, 1965. Mass Paperback. Good. Cover is creased. Spine is creased, canted. Number printed on advertisement page. Pages clean and unmarked, light tanning at edges. Bantam mass paperback, 5th printing Aug. 1965, Bantam #F3023, 149 pages. 12mo (7" x 4.25") The 25th Nero Wolfe book, preceded by Three Men Out, and followed by Might as Well Be Dead.

Garden City: Viking, 1955. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket. Black boards, white print on spine. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Prior owner's mark on front free end paper. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked, with very faint tanning. Decorative deckle edges. Viking / Mystery Guild Book Club hard cover, missing dust jacket, 1955, 184 pages. 8vo (8.5"" x 5.75"") The 18th Nero Wolfe novel, preceded by The Black Mountain and followed by Might As Well Be Dead.

New York: Bantam, 1976. Mass Paperback. Very good. Corner crease to front cover; otherwise like new. Pages clean and unmarked, spine not creased. Bantam mass paperback, 10th printing Nov. 1976, ISBN: 9780553028317, 149 pages. 12mo (7"" x 4.25"") The 25th Nero Wolfe book, preceded by Three Men Out and followed by Might As Well Be Dead.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. first. hardcover. very good/Very Good. SIGNED first edition. SIGNED on the title page by author, signature only. Dust jacket has raised letters, light edge wear; no tears or chips; now in new removable protective cover. Blue boards with silver print on spine. Pages are clean and unmarked; the leaf containing pages 169 and 170 is wrinkled. St. Martin's hard cover with dust jacket, First edition June 1994 (stated), complete number line. ISBN: 9780312109370, 342 pages. 8vo (9.5"" x 6.25"") 2nd in Barbara Holoway series, preceded by Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos; and followed by Malice Prepense (also published as For the Defense), and many others.

New York: Scribners, 1929. 1st. Hardcover. acceptable/Missing. First edition, missing dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with blue print; boards show some soiling and wear, especially at corners. Book store stamp on front paste down; book store sticker on rear paste down; advertisement panel from dust jacket on front free end paper. Number in ink on front free end paper. Pages are clean and unmarked; a couple of pages have spots on the lower margin. Charles Scribner's Sons hard cover, missing dust jacket; first edition, first printing 1929; 349 pages. 8vo (5.25"" x 7.5"") The Bishop Murder Case, Philo Vance #4 first published in 1929, preceded by The Greene Murder Case, and followed by The Scarab Murder Case. Filmed in 1930 with Basil Rathbone as Philo Vance.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. Hardcover. Good/fair. Dust jacket in fair condition, with significant chipping at edges and front flap loose; some discoloration on rear; now in new removable protective cover. Red boards with black print on spine. Pages are clean and unmarked, age toning. Wartime printing notice on title page, dating the printing to 1943 - 1945. Grosset & Dunlap hard cover with dust jacket, 1929 edition but 1943 - 1945 printing, 347 pages. 12mo (5"" x 7.5"") Originally published by Scribners in 1928, this is a reprint edition. Filmed in 1930 with Basil Rathbone. This is the fourth Philo Vance mystery, preceded by The Greene Murder Case, and followed by The Scarab Murder Case.

New York: Bantam, 1976. Mass Paperback. good+. Almost very good. Reading crease on cover, small corner ding on front, corner crease on back. Spine is straight and uncreased. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bantam mass paperback, Nov. 1955 edition but 7th printing April 1976. ISBN: 9780553023657, 143 pages. (4.25"" x 7"") This is the 23rd Nero Wolfe book, preceded by The Golden Spiders, and followed by Three Men Out.

New York: Pyramid, 1975. Mass Paperback. very good. Very good condition. Front has slight wear at top edge; back has reading crease near spine and slight wear at top edge. Spine is not crease; straight. Pages are clean and unmarked; light. Pyramid mass paperback, 7th printing Jan. 1975, ISBN: 9780515032697, Pyramid N3269, 190 pages. 12mo (4.25"" x 7"") Two Nero Wolfe short novels, originally published separately in magazines: Black Orchids, and Cordially Invited to Meet Death. The 9th Nero Wolfe book, preceded by Where There's a Will; and followed by Not Quite Dead Enough.

New York: Bantam, 2009. Trade paperback. Good. Daniel Pelavin. Front cover has light corner dings, back cover has a corner crease. Bantam trade paperback, 3rd printing, ISBN: 9780553386554, 192 + 271 pages, cover art by Daniel Pelavin. 8vo (5.25"" x 8.25"") Omnibus of two novels, originally published separately, with features retained from The Rex Stout Library editions: Black Orchids, with an introduction by Lawrence Block, and The Silent Speaker, with an introduction by Walter Mosley. At the back of the book are two items from ""The World of Rex Stout:"" correspondence between the author and his publisher; and the author's description of his characters and layout of the brownstone, and Wolfe's office. Black Orchids consists of two Nero Wolfe short novels, originally published separately in magazines: Black Orchids, and Cordially Invited to Meet Death. It is the 9th Nero Wolfe book, preceded by Where There's a Will; and followed by Not Quite Dead Enough. The Silent Speaker is the 11th Nero Wolfe… Read More