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Too Many Cooks
by Stout, Rex
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Early, cheap reprint of the 5th Nero Wolfe novel (and one of the best for the cooking aficionados). Wolfe leaves NY to go to a meeting of top cooks, and murder ensues. This is in the same format as the hardcover, with an orchid on the spine and everything -- but the paper is quite oxydized, brown and becoming brittle. This is not an edition for the ages. The spine is bumped top and bottom, but the binding is not slanted or weak in any way. The jacket has a crease down the front, is missing some chips at the top and bottom of the spine, has a small closed tear at the lower rear backstrip, and has faded on the spine: the front is still quite bright. Some creasing and slight staining on the flaps, Generally a quite acceptable copy of this reprint, a great place-holder for someone who's saving up for the much more expensive first edition. I will put a jacket protector on if you request it, but I find they tend to spring the binding on this sort of book. More info or pictures available on request.
Synopsis
Too Many Cooks is the fifth Nero Wolfe detective novel by American mystery writer Rex Stout. The story was serialized in The American Magazine (March–August 1938) before its publication in book form in 1938 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. The novel was collected in the omnibus volume Kings Full of Aces, published in 1969 by the Viking Press.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Uncommon Sense
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127
- Title
- Too Many Cooks
- Author
- Stout, Rex
- Format/Binding
- Red cloth with black printing
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Triangle Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Pages
- 303
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Uncommon Sense
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About the Seller
Uncommon Sense
Biblio member since 2008
Seattle, Washington
About Uncommon Sense
Long term collector, thirty-year veteran of storefront operations, now selling for himself on the internet. Specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and mystery, with a few oddities that don't fall in that area.
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