Recent Arrivals from Craig Hokenson Bookseller

New York: Doubleday, 2011. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Crisp and tight, maybe unread. Some light bumping, and has a red remainder dot to bottom edge. 1-10 number line. True hardcover first edition with charcoal grey jacket, may not look like any picture at left.

New York: Doubleday, 1978. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The book club edition that retains the look of the original edition. Average used copy, but there are a few tears to jacket, and some moisture staining inside jacket, not too bad. Makes a good reading copy.

New York: Ballantine, 1978. Third Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. Signed by author 'many thanks for a marvelous day', NOT inscribed. Spine lean, else a solid just slightly used copy in a nice jacket. Third printing.

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1951. Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good + to Near Fine/Good+. Stated second printing, in book and on front flap. Nice book, a few pages had been dog-eared. Otherwise solid and tight. The jacket, near foot of spine, has a tear and associated crease, and a little chipping.

New York: Knopf, 1983. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Nice solid book with moderate foxing to page edges. Price clipped jacket has one 3 inch crease to front flap.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1985. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Good+/Good+. Kinuko Y. Craft. Spine a bit concave from reading, mild soiling to fore edge pages. Small patch of foxing to top page edge. Jacket nicked. Shows some use but still a representative copy.

London: Fourth Estate, 2012. First British Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. A beauty.

New York: Dial Press, 1962. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Tight and square, jacket has a few closed tears and some light chipping. Owner name.

New York: Norton, 1989. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Crisp, seems unread.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Very scarce in the first printing. Shows light use, a tight, straight copy. There is steady foxing to page edges, and a remainder line to bottom edge in a nice jacket minutely sunned at spine.

Glendale CA: Bowmar, 1975. First Edition/First Printing . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Quite nice.

Austin: Texas Monthly Press, 1984. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Nice tight copy.

Simon and Schuster, 1976. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Remainder stamp bottom edge, else nicer than usual.

New York: Weybright and Talley, 1968. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Quite nice.

New York: Morrow, 1962. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Lydia Fruhauf. Solid used copy. Bright jacket. Slight spine lean.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1955. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Very solid and tight, almost a grade higher. Small spot to fore edge pages.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Solid book club copy, just light use. Jacket has just a little nicking and a couple of short tears. Bookplate to pastedown.

Quanah TX: Nortex , 1976. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Nice tight copy.

New York: Avenel, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Collects 7 Nero Wolf in one volume. Quite, nice, close to new.

Reading MA: Addison Wesley, 1978. Third Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Solid book, the jacket has some tears and moisture evidence to rear panel.