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BEFORE MIDNIGHT
by Stout, Rex
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with rubbing and shelf wear to the spine ends, mild wear to the corner
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1955. First edition. A fine copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with rubbing and shelf wear to the spine ends, mild wear to the corner tips, some rubbing to rear panel and rear flap fold. (23397). Octavo, cloth. A Nero Wolfe mystery novel. "Nero Wolfe again and his faithful Archie are confronted with a ticklish Job in solving the problem of the disappearance of a wallet which contained the answers to a nationwide contest, now reduced to the final contestants. That the man who was carrying the wallet had been murdered was not Wolfe's concern: Just how he faces failure -- and brings off success with a flourish leaves the reader still questioning. Slick -- and not quite fair." Kirkus Review, 1 October, 1955. Hubin, pp. 777-778. Townsend, Rex Stout: An Annotated and Secondary Bibliography, A36a.
Synopsis
Before Midnight is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout published in 1955 by the Viking Press. The story was also collected in the omnibus volume Three Trumps (Viking 1973).
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23397
- Title
- BEFORE MIDNIGHT
- Author
- Stout, Rex
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with rubbing and shelf wear to the spine ends, mild wear to the corner
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Mystery
Terms of Sale
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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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