Spine a little slanted and creased, corners bumped, minor edge wear, rubbing, and soiling, light reading crease. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. ; Bantam F3991. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 150 pages; "Incredibly brilliant Nero Wolfe, lover of fine food and prize orchids, is famous for his genius at detection. He is also famous for his wealthy clients and extremely high fees. So why has Wolfe accepted a case for $4.30? And why have the last two people to hire him been ruthlessly murdered? While his confidential assistant, Archie Goodwin, dresses as a mortician to f... View More...
Free endpaper removed. DJ shows very minor shelfwear. A bright, attractive copy. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 183 pages; Goldsborough's fourth Nero Wolfe novel. "Playboy Sparky Linville has a nasty notion of fun and games. But when he picks popular Noreen James as his unwilling playmate, the result is murder - and a case that will rock Manhattan’s trendy Upper East Side and divide the family of Lily Rowan, Noreen’s aunt. " As furor rages in the local press and the police fix their attention on her relatives, Lily turns to her old friend and confidant Archie Goodwin for help, hoping he ... View More...
Corners bumped, moderate edge wear esp. along spine. Top and base of spine have a little chipping and small tears to front cover along edge of spine. There is a bit of a curve to the book, and one can distinguish a slight gap at the spine between each of the four gatherings. This is a Mercury Mystery reprint of the original book, published by Lawrence E. Spivak, Mercury Book No. 48 probably in 1941. It was abridged for this edition. There is an advertisement page for a number of other novels published by Mercury around this time. The order coupon has been clipped from that page. Overall a soli... View More...
Pyramid V4143, 207 pp. Reading crease, a little edge wear and rubbing, small crease across back top corner. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "There is no mystery, but Andrew Hibbard offers Nero Wolfe five hundred dollars a week. There is no proof of murder, yet two men have died and thirty more including bankers, lawyers, doctors, professors and salesmen, have been threatened. There is no doubt of who is guilty - he has published his confession and circulated threatening verses to his future victims - yet no one can stop this string of murders without proper evide... View More...
Spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, a little edge wear primarily at base of spine. Jacket shows a little edge wear and rubbing. A nice copy. ; Black boards with gold lettering, jacket protected in new Brodart. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 176 pages; "Charles Childress, the author tapped to continue the beloved Sergeant Barnstable detective stories when the originator died, may not have been the most gifted writer in the world, but he did have his talents. Contentious, combative, and exceedingly vengeful, Childress had an unsurpassed way of making enemies Which is why, when the police w... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, binding fairly tight. Date stamped on top edge but no other stamps or markings. Pages tanned but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall;
"Before he died, Richard Valdon had made a lot of scenes. Nobody could deny it, above all his beautiful young wife. Now it was Nero Wolfe's task to retrace the famous novelist's long line of love affairs and come up with a missing mother -- and a murderer." View More...
Spine slanted, creased, some edge wear and rubbing. A little tanning, especially inside covers but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; Introduction by Marilyn Wallace. The 'World of Rex Stout' at the end shows a letter from his British publisher regarding this book and Stout's response. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 208 pages; "Before he died, Richard Valdon had made a lot of scenes. Nobody could deny it, above all his beautiful young wife. Now it was Nero Wolfe's task to retrace the famous novelist's long line of love affairs and come up with a missing mother -- and a mur... View More...
Dell 5849, 224 pp. Slight spine slant, corners bumped, slight edge wear with a little chipping at base of spine, owner's name on front end paper. A little browning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. "Glamorous, fabulously wealthy Wynne Cowles had a nickname that tailed her wherever she swung. She was called the Mountain Cat, some said because of her feline beauty, and others because of her ravenous appetite for pleasure. Now Wynne was back at the mountain resort where she had picked up the name. She was here for her latest divorce, and in the meantime meant to have some f... View More...
Brown cloth, green lettering, 302 pp., no dust jacket. Spine a bit sunned, corners a bit worn, minor edge wear especially to top and base of spine, book plate on half title page. Pages tanned but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "Anthony D. Perry, the tycoon director of the Metropolitan Trust Company, is one of Nero Wolfe's best clients. When $30,000 is stolen from the office of the senior vice-president of his corporation, Perry runs to the master sleuth for help. But Wolfe has no intention of discussing the event as it is the hour of his 'prescribed exercise' . . . throwing dart... View More...
Spine a bit slanted, somewhat creased, reading crease, a little edge wear and rubbing. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 189 pages; "Anthony D. Perry, the tycoon director of the Metropolitan Trust Company, is one of Nero Wolfe's best clients. When $30,000 is stolen from the office of the senior vice-president of his corporation, Perry runs to the master sleuth for help. But Wolfe has no intention of discussing the event as it is the hour of his 'prescribed exercise' . . . Throwing darts and tending to his 10,000 rare orchids. "This leaves Archie Go... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, light reading crease. A somewhat tight, attractive copy. ; 2nd New Bantam edition, 2nd printing. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 197 pages; "A missing membership card, a machine-gunning mobster, Nero Wolfe asking Archie Goodwin to seduce a lovely young lady? It can't be true, but when murder strikes Archie's rival, Wolfe takes the case." "The latest adventures of the famous orchid-growing beer-drinking, self-proclaimed genius, Nero Wolfe, are more exciting, more violent than ever before. This new, full-length, mystery novel no... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear, light reading crease, a little darkening and soiling to covers. A nice copy. ; Bantam Q8552, 2nd New Bantam edition, 1st printing. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 197 pages; "A missing membership card, a machine-gunning mobster, Nero Wolfe asking Archie Goodwin to seduce a lovely young lady? It can't be true, but when murder strikes Archie's rival, Wolfe takes the case." "The latest adventures of the famous orchid-growing beer-drinking, self-proclaimed genius, Nero Wolfe, are more exciting, more violent than ever before. This new, full-len... View More...
0553234978 Spine somewhat slanted and creased, corners bumped, slight edgewear, darkening inside covers. A clean, attractive copy. Recently adapted to TV by A&E; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; "When is an after-dinner speaker never boring? When he is murdered before he gets a chance to speak. Cheney Boone from the Bureau of Price Regulation is murdered before addressing the National Industrial Association. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin unravel the tangled hatreds among those who enforce government regulations, free enterprise advocates, and greedy civil servants to ferret out the killer. "... View More...
0553234978 Spine slanted, creased, some edge wear, a little cover creasing. Overall, a nice copy. ; This printing includes 'The World of Rex Stout' featuring letters between Stout and his publisher regarding melting down the plates for earlier Stout books to reclaim the lead. Introduction by Walter Mosley. Recently adapted to TV by A&E; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 271 pages; "When is an after-dinner speaker never boring? When he is murdered before he gets a chance to speak. Cheney Boone from the Bureau of Price Regulation is murdered before addressing the National Industrial Ass... View More...
A little edge wear and rubbing, slight reading crease, a little soiling to covers. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. ; Pyramid X-1953, 190 pp. Original title: Alphabet Hicks. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 190 pages; Alphabet Hicks is back - spelling out some family secrets. "He's the best disbarred lawyer in town. So when the well-heeled East Side brunette wanted a bloodhound on her case, he thought he'd give her - and her check - a whirl. With a fresh suit and a new box of bon bons to boost his strength, he prowled up the heartbreak streets and down... View More...
Spine slanted, creased, some edge wear especially along spine, reading creae, some cover creasing and scuffing, price on front end paper. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid reading copy. ; Pyramid N-3083, 190 pp. Original title: Alphabet Hicks. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 190 pages; Alphabet Hicks is back - spelling out some family secrets. "He's the best disbarred lawyer in town. So when the well-heeled East Side brunette wanted a bloodhound on her case, he thought he'd give her - and her check - a whirl. With a fresh suit and a new box of bon bons to boost hi... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 186 pages; Another threesome of Nero Wolfe, which includes 'Poison a la Carte', 'Method Three for Murder', and 'The Rodeo Murder." The incredibly brilliant Nero Wolfe is the orchid-growing gourmet whose sheer genius at deduction is without peer. But it's a rare crime where the great man himself has a corpse on his hands. Here in three separate, fascinating cases, propinquity puts murder right under Wolfe's nose. "Poison a la Carte: Archie Goodwin ne... View More...
Spine slightly creased, a little edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Introduction by Margaret Maron. The 'World of Rex Stout' in this edition features a 1960 illustration from The Saturday Evening Post for one of the stories in this book, 'Method Three for Murder.' ; 6" - 7" Tall; 226 pages; Another threesome of Nero Wolfe, which includes 'Poison a la Carte', 'Method Three for Murder', and 'The Rodeo Murder." The incredibly brilliant Nero Wolfe is the orchid-growing gourmet whose sheer genius at deduction is without peer. But it's a rare crime where the great man himself has a corp... View More...
Reading copy. Some creasing to spine and covers, some edge wear and darkening. Dampstains to lower right corner of a number of pages - text is not affected. A solid reading copy. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 154 pages; A trio of Nero Wolfe mystery stories, including 'A Window for Death', 'Immune to Murder', and 'Too Many Detectives." "One thing is certain to distract Nero Wolfe from his culinary and horticultural pursuits . . . murder. And this time Wolfe and his invaluable assistant Archie Goodwin are called in to investigate three murder cases. Case #1 involves a long-lost... View More...
Green boards with gold lettering. Ex-library with typical markings. Spine cocked, some edge wear, spine cracked through at page 25 and page 381. Jacket in protective plastic covering, some edge wear and a little chipping. Overall, a good reading copy. ; Nero Wolfe; Ex-Library; 7" - 9" Tall; 442 pages; Seventh Viking Nero Wolfe omnibus edition, containing the three novels "The Black Mountain," "If Death Ever Slept," and "Before Midnight." The Black Mountain - "Two round-trip plane tickets to Rome. . . False passports. . . A Colt .38. . . A razor-sharp knife. . . Chocolate bars and cyanide pil... View More...
