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(London: Published for THE CRIME CLUB by Collins 1938). First UK edition. Publisher's orange cloth with black lettering to the spine. About VG (slightly faded spine, soft spine tips, toning to both sets of end-papers). The VG dustwrapper is price-clipped to the inside flap with creasing and minor wear to the head and tail of the spine and with a couple of tiny edge tears and associated creases. The blue recipe section at the rear of the book in really nice shape. A fine Nero Wolfe, in which the great detective is invited to the annual meeting of a society of the greatest chefs of the World where - of course - a murder occurs (GoodReads). In our experience the British first edition (published one month after its US counterpart) is considerably rarer. uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Too Many Cooks is a mystery novel by Rex Stout, featuring his detective, Nero Wolfe. It was first published in 1938 by Farrar & Rinehart.