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PLOT IT YOURSELF
by Stout, Rex
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
N.Y.: The Viking Press, 1959. First edition. Slight sunning to the edges of the boards (which seems to be common with this title) else near fine in dust jacket, price clipped, small closed teat at rear else a near fine, bright jacket. Bibliomystery. Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, are called in by a consortium of publishers and writers to investigate several cases of false plagiarism, but the probe soon becomes complicated by murder. This book has the usual amusing repartee, clever plot, and insights into good food, plus the bonus of Stout’s insights into the literary world. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.
Synopsis
Plot It Yourself (British title Murder in Style) is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1959, and also collected in the omnibus volume Kings Full of Aces (Viking 1969).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Murder By The Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020953
- Title
- PLOT IT YOURSELF
- Author
- Stout, Rex
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mystery, Crime, Bibliomystery,
- Bookseller catalogs
- bibliomystery; New York City;
Terms of Sale
Murder By The Book
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About the Seller
Murder By The Book
Biblio member since 2004
Warwick, Rhode Island
About Murder By The Book
In business since 1978 specializing in Mystery, Detective Fiction both in hardcover and collectible paperbacks.
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Price Clipped
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