THE SILENT SPEAKER
by Stout, Rex
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus /Good
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press. This book ended a six-year period around WWII when Stout stopped writing mysteries, making it Stout's first postwar mystery. It features legendary New York City private detective Nero Wolfe and assistant Archie Goodwin investigating the murder of a high-ranking government official. This copy shows some edgewear; there is a group of small stains on front cover. The dustjacket is basically whole but heavily worn and chipped along edges and at spine ends with stain on front panel corresponding to stains on front cover; no missing or damaged text. Very Scarce. . Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. 1946.
Synopsis
The Silent Speaker is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1946. It was published just after World War II, and key plot elements reflect the lingering effects of the war: housing shortages and restrictions on consumer goods, including government regulation of prices. The Silent Speaker was Stout's first full-length Nero Wolfe novel since Where There's a Will in 1940.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000721
- Title
- THE SILENT SPEAKER
- Author
- Stout, Rex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, NERO WOLFE, NEW YORK CITY
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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