Buried Caesar by Stout Rex, First Edition (40 results)

Condition: Fair. 1953. First Edition Thus. 187 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Slight cracking to binding, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to first page. Paper cover has moderate edgewear with small tears and creasing. Slight curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges with splits to spine edges. Wear marks overall.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First printing of this edition.Ê Name on front cover, otherwise good to very good with light wear.Ê Pyramid mass paperback, first printing 1963, Pyramid R-931, 190 pages.Ê 12mo (4.25" x 7")Ê The sixth Nero Wolfe book, introducing the series character of Lily Rowan; preceded by Too Many Cooks, and followed by Where There's a Will.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reading crease to cover near spine. Spine straight, not creased, canted, or curved. Pages light, clean, and unmarked. Bantam mass paperback, first printing Jan. 1982, complete number line. ISBN: 9780553204858, 190 pages. 12mo (6.75" x 4.25") The sixth Nero Wolfe book, introducing the series character of Lily Rowan; preceded by Too Many Cooks, and followed by Where There's a Will.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Not First Edition; Fourth Printing. Light shelf and edge wear, marker pen star to top edge of reading block.; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside.; 274 pages; Excellent mystery as Nero Wolfe is out of New York, and investigates the death of a bull. Mass Market PB.

Paperback. Condition: fine paperback, 1st printing. An automobile breakdown strands Nero Wolfe and Archie in the middle of a private pasture--and a family feud over a prize bull.

softcover. Condition: nf.

Paperback. first edition. R-931 very good , paperback,

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. First Printing, First Edition Thus. Vintage paperback, Pyramid Green Door Mystery R-931; an earlier classic mystery from Stout, featuring his celebrated Nero Wolfe, New York City's foremost private detective, genius, orchid grower and beer lover; First Printing of First Pyramid Edition; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in pictorial wrappers showing some slight soiling on back cover, minor surface and edgewear. Collectable.

Paperback. Condition: G++. 1st Thus. Internally in very good condition BUTsome minor cover wear. Page edges lightly browned.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1970 - 4Th Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The cover shows some edgewear with some fading and discoloration to the front board and spine. There is age toning inside the covers. There is an inscription on the endpages. There is browning of the pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. A first of the 6th Nero Wolfe novel (F&R colophon on the copyright page). There is a tipped in statement on the copyright page about a condensed version of the novel being published in The American Magazine under the title The Red Bull. 3 page excerpt promoting the forthcoming Wolfe novel Too Many Cooks in the rear. The covers are faded and damp stained. The front hinge is starting at the title page. The text block is clean and tight. The is some toning to the paste downs towards the spine and a tape ghost line where DJ flaps may have been taped, though there are no abrasions form the tape being removed. A reader or filler copy of an early Stout classic.

Pan Books. London. 1953. First edition. Paperback. Book slightly curved, spine sunned and creasing to corners. Extremitites slightly worn and pages browned otherwise a clean and sound copy.

Dell Publishing Company, Inc. New York. 1940. Dell Mystery paperback (number 70) First edition thus. Map back. Covers creased and slightly worn, small split along upper joint to tail of spine. Pages browned otherwise sound.

First edition. The first appearance, in a somewhat abridged form, of SOME BURIED CAESAR, which was published the following year. Some edgewear and bottom inch or two missing at bottom of spine. Still good or better in pictorial paperwraps with address label on bottom front corner of cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this omnibus that collects two novels and a short story collection. There are two small holes on the spine of the dustjacket about an inch from the heel. Moderate edge wear to the edges of the spine. Faint sun fading along the top edge, the spine of the dustjacket's front panel and the spine itself. Price clipped, but can still see a part of the $ sign. In very good / good condition.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is the magazne appearance of the sixth Nero Wolfe mystery (Some Buried Caesar) published in abridged form as the Red Bull in the Decemember 1938 issue of the American Magazine, preceding the book publication. This is a very good copy, with a clean, white interior, & a similarly fresh, clean cover with minimal noticeable wear. The only flaw is a small, light library stamp on the front cover. A very good copy of an unusual Nero Wolfe collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Very Good book in a Very Good Dust Jacket. A very attractive and early Nero Wolfe mystery. This is lovely copy. Not the true first. The first 36 pages have a hole to the top right corner. Previous owner name on fep else a very nice clean copy in which the pages have mellow yellowed with age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st INDIAN edition. A crime novel. First published in the Uk by Colllins Crime Club in 1939. Publishers dark green cloth, titled black. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. A 1st thus of the Triangle Press edition of the 6th Nero Wolfe mystery. Green boards with yellow lettering. It has the usual toning to the pages. PON? ("Forrest") written in block print on the FFEP. Light edge wear to the DJ with a bit of soiling to the rear panel. A very good copy of this edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. A 1st thus of the Triangle Press edition of the 6th Nero Wolfe mystery. Green boards with yellow lettering. It has the usual toning to the pages. Light edge wear to the DJ. 2 small chips (.375" & .25") at the top of the spine. A very good copy.

8vo. 296 pp., plus 5 pp. publisher's ad for Too Many Cooks, tipped-in publisher's announcement that a condensed version had appeared in The American Magazine under the title of The Red Bull. Green publisher's cloth, black lettering (soot soiling, edgewear to fore-edges, minor fraying head & foot of spine, old American Lending Library markings on endpapers), still G- copy. First edition of this sixth title in the Nero Wolfe mystery series set against the backdrop of loan sharks, anthrax poisoning, and the death of the prize Guernsey bull Hickory Caesar Grindon.

Condition: Fair. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. 1st edition. Sm 8vo hardcover. 296pp. Good book. No dust jacket. Slightly dampstained on spine and top edge. Some insecting to rear hinge. (Detectives, Mystery) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition, with Farrar & Rinehart colophon on the copyright page and excerpt from the next novel in the series, "Too Many Cooks," at the rear. Dust jacket is price-clipped and shows moderate to heavy wear, tear, chipping, and rubbing. Pages are lighlty tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A first of the 6th Nero Wolfe novel with the F&R colophon on the CR page. There is a tipped in statement on the copyright page about a condensed version of the novel being published in The American Magazine under the title The Red Bull. 3 page excerpt promoting the forthcoming Wolfe novel Too Many Cooks in the rear. Mild soiling to the covers with some darkening to the spine. It might be an ex lending library copy as "B175" is written faintly in white at the bottom of the spine. However there are no internal markings. There is toning to the paste downs, mostly near the spine. The front flap of the DJ has been glued to the front paste down. Slight spine roll. The binding is tight and the text block is clean. A good to very good copy of an early Stout classic.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine. First Edition. A first of the 6th Nero Wolfe novel with the F&R colophon on the CR page. Mild soiling to the covers.There is toning to the paste downs and FEPs, mostly near the spine. The is a 3.25" closed tear at the top of the RFEP that starts 1.5" in from the spine and angles slightly towards the middle of the page. The binding is tight and the text block is clean, though the rear spine hinge is starting. 3 page excerpt promoting the forthcoming Wolfe novel Too Many Cooks in the rear. Comes with a facsimile DJ with minimal wear .A good to very good copy of an early Stout classic with a nice facsimile DJ reproducing the original.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition with F&R colophon on copyright page. Various faults, as pictured, but a jacketed copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. A first of the 6th Nero Wolfe novel with the F&R colophon on the CR page. There is a tipped in statement on the copyright page about a condensed version of the novel being published in The American Magazine under the title The Red Bull. 3 page excerpt promoting the forthcoming Wolfe novel Too Many Cooks in the rear. Light soiling to the to the spine and rear cover. There is toning to the paste downs and FEPs, mostly near the spine. The binding is tight and the text block is clean. The original DJ ($2.00 price on the front flap) is in fair shape. It appears to have been trimmed by about 25" in total. The rear panel is soiled with a .5" x .5" v-chip at the top left and .75" x .75" chip at the bottom left. There is a 1.75" x 1" v-chip at the top of the spine that runs from the middle of the spine .75" into the front panel. There is a 2.5" closed tear at the bottom of the rear spine hinge. There are tapes scrapes on the spine near the top (through SAR of Caesar) and bottom (through RAR of Farrar and HART of Rinehart) at the bottom.The front panel & flap are completely separated from the spine. There are ghosts of celo tape repairs on the inside of the DJ but the tape is no longer present. There is a 1" by .375" scrape at the bottom left of the DJ. However, in spite of this rather extensive catalogue of flaws ,the front panel illustration and spine actually present rather well. A very good copy of an early Stout classic with a flawed but reasonably presentable original DJ .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition in very good condition. Oxford Rental Libraries stamp on front endpaper and evidence of removal of likely a library checkout list on the verso of the back cover. No other library markings. The jacket is in poor condition and has been lined by a misguided former owner with stiff paper. Despite flaws a relatively nice copy of an uncommon book and jacket.

NEAR VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J. GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH BLACK TITLES TO THE SPINE AND THE FRONT COVER. BOOK HAS MODEST WEAR TO CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH DARKENING TO THE GUTTERS AS IS VERY COMMON, IF NOT UNIVERSAL, WTIH THIS CHEAPLY MADE BOOK, LIGHT SOIL TO THE BOARDS, AND "SENECA HOTEL CIGAR STAND/ OCT 29,1940" RUBBER-STAMPED ON THE REAR PASTEDOWN ENDPAPER. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.