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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, [1934]. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with has shallow loss along the upper jacket edges and base of spine panel, upper spine panel chipped, closed tear along lower left front spine fold with small chip, small chip to upper spine panel. An attractive unsophisticated copy with a bright front panel. (25447). Octavo, cloth. The first Nero Wolfe novel. [Reference: Hubin, pp. 777-778. Townsend, Rex Stout: An Annotated and Secondary Bibliography, A10].