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THREE FOR THE CHAIR: A NERO WOLFE THREESOME
by Stout, Rex
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A very good to nearly fine copy in good to very good dust jacket with wear and rubs to upper corners, light wear to spine ends w
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First edition. A very good to nearly fine copy in good to very good dust jacket with wear and rubs to upper corners, light wear to spine ends with color fade to spine panel, rubbing to folds, damp stain to upper right rear corner. (32435). Octavo, cloth. Collects three Nero Wolfe mystery stories. "A Window for Death," "Immune to Murder," and "Too Many Detectives." First published in magazines; The American Magazine and Colliers. Hubin, pp. 777-778. Townsend, Rex Stout: An Annotated and Secondary Bibliography, C9a.
Synopsis
Three for the Chair is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1957, and by Bantam Books in various paperback printings beginning in 1958. The book contains three stories: "A Window for Death," first published in The American Magazine (May 1956) as "Nero Wolfe and the Vanishing Clue" "Immune to Murder," first published in The American Magazine (November 1955) "Too Many Detectives," first published September 14, 1956, in Collier's
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32435
- Title
- THREE FOR THE CHAIR: A NERO WOLFE THREESOME
- Author
- Stout, Rex
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good to nearly fine copy in good to very good dust jacket with wear and rubs to upper corners, light wear to spine ends w
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Mystery . SC
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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