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Black Orchids: A Nero Wolfe Double Mystery - Black Orchids and Cordially Invited to Meet Death
by Stout, Rex
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/Fair
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. Two early Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin mysteries - satisfactory! Ex-library with stamps to the end papers and a few spots in the text. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the extremeties. Rear hinge loose, front hinge cracked with the front free end paper missing. The proud previous owners have eagerly stamped their names on the upper edge of the text block and several times on the end papers and throughout the text so you would not easily forget who this book belonged to. Jacket is rubbed with chips and tears, including a 2" tear down the upper front spine fold and across the spine. Spine is sunned, jacket is attached to a stiff paper backing with the flaps glued to the pastedowns. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Poor/Fair. Ex-Library.
Synopsis
Black Orchids is a Nero Wolfe double mystery by Rex Stout published in 1942 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. Stout's first short story collection, the volume is composed of two novellas that had appeared in abridged form in The American Magazine: "Black Orchids" (August 1941, abridged as "Death Wears an Orchid") "Cordially Invited to Meet Death" (April 1942, abridged as "Invitation to Murder")
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- Seller
- MLC Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- D130974
- Title
- Black Orchids: A Nero Wolfe Double Mystery - Black Orchids and Cordially Invited to Meet Death
- Author
- Stout, Rex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
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Northfield, Minnesota
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MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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