AND BE A VILLAIN
by Stout, Rex
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. A lovely copy. (23385)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1948. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. A lovely copy. (23385). Octavo, boards. The thirteenth Nero Wolfe mystery. The first of three novels that feature Nero's criminal nemesis Zeck. "Zeck is a modern 'Napolean of Crime,' and his confrontation with Wolfe can be compared to Sherlock Holmes versus Professor Moriarty." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 758-759. "A first-rate sample of the author's art, this tale brings us face to face with the radio advertising of a beverage which the lady who promotes it cannot abide. Hence hanky-panky with the bottle of substitute liquid and resulting doubt as to whom the dose was intended for. Archie is spectacular in word and deed." - Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989), 3061. Hubin, pp. 777-778. Townsend, Rex Stout: An Annotated and Secondary Bibliography, A29a.
Synopsis
And Be a Villain (British title More Deaths Than One) is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1948. The story was collected in the omnibus volumes Full House (Viking 1961) and Triple Zeck (Viking 1974).
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23385
- Title
- AND BE A VILLAIN
- Author
- Stout, Rex
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. A lovely copy. (23385)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Mystery
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
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