THE MOTHER HUNT
by Stout, Rex
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Inked gift inscription to front free end paper, penciled numbers to front paste down, a very good copy with slight spine lean in
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, [1963]. First edition. Inked gift inscription to front free end paper, penciled numbers to front paste down, a very good copy with slight spine lean in a very good price clipped dust jacket with fade strip along upper front panel edge, closed tears to bottom of rear panel with crease, moderate soiling to white background of jacket. (23411). Octavo, cloth. A Nero Wolfe mystery novel. "Nero and Archie make one of their flights from home, and the grand confrontation scene is staged at their refuge. Nero is competent but not remarkably so in finding out who did the two murders and the giving birth." - Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989), 3078. Hubin, pp. 777-778. Townsend, Rex Stout: An Annotated and Secondary Bibliography, A44a.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23411
- Title
- THE MOTHER HUNT
- Author
- Stout, Rex
- Book Condition
- Used - Inked gift inscription to front free end paper, penciled numbers to front paste down, a very good copy with slight spine lean in
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1963]
- 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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