Fer De Lance, First Edition (52 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Cadge, Bill (cover) (illustrator). Reprint; 1st Bantam printing. Spine somewhat rolled, creased, reading crease, minor edge wear and rubbing, front cover appears somewhat sunned. A little tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A good reading copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 199 pages; The very first Nero Wolfe mystery. "A discarded newspaper, a young engineer's mysterious disappearance, and the death of a college president induce the great detective to wager $10,000 with the district attorney -- and help a young daughter prove her mother was no murderess.".

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Reprint; 1st Jove Printing. Spine slanted, light reading crease, a little edge wear and rubbing. Text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. ; Jove M5115. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 191 pages; The very first Nero Wolfe mystery. "It all began when a dark-eyed Italian miss tried to charm Wolfe into finding her missing brother, only to discover it took more than charm to trigger Wolfe's genius - at least a thousand dollars more. But that was a pittance compared to what was to come. When the brother turned up dead the case took on another, much wealthier corpse - a present from a monstrously ingenious murderer. Solution of the crime would fatten Wolfe's bank account, put his detective prowess to the ultimate test and place the entirety of his enormous person in the most dangerous position of his career! ".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Bantam Books, 1983. First Bantam (#23033-6) printing, March 1983. Creases to back cover. 199 pp. po name ffep. First Thus. Mass Market Very Good. First Thus.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1974 May Stated First Pyramid Books MM Edition sixth Imprint. Tight binding clean pages minor shelf wear. Other than very minor tanning book looks and feels great. Please Zoom all photos.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Fair. Cover has creases, and impression of writing. Spine is creased and tilted. Pages are clean, unmarked. Jove mass paperback, 1st printing May 1979, Jove M5115, ISBN: 9780515051155, 191 pages. 12mo. Green cover, white printing with black shadow, picture of a snake coming out of a rolled-up $100 bill at top. This is the first Nero Wolfe mystery, originally published 1934. It begins: "There was no reason why I shouldn't have been sent for the beer that day." Nero, at last having access to legal beer, samples each of 49 brands, before Fred Durkin brings in a problem to be solved.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The book is in good condition 35 cent cover price.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid copy with a spine lean, a reading crease along spine on front cover, and covers show light wear. A Joe Gall novel.

softcover. Condition: vg( red dot on bottom).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B001RX0J1E Mass market paperback . Printed in the United States in January1971 as stated on the copyright page. Fawcett Gold Medal Book #T2370. Book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good Plus condition. Tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book with bright uncreased front cover. This book is The Fer-de-Lance Contract (Joe Gall #11). No Signature.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good Plus to Very Good. First Printing, First Edition Thus. Vintage paperback, Dell D223; one of Stout's best in his celebrated mystery series featuring Nero Wolfe, New York City private detective, genius and orchid grower investigating the murder of a college president; Number 13 in the Dell Great Mystery Library; First Printing of First Dell Edition; text is tight, clean, age-browned with very slight spine lean in worn but whole pictorial wrappers showing small dogear on lower corner of back cover, minor creasing, soiling, edgewear. Scarce, collectable.

Condition: Fair. 1955. First Penguin Edition. 222 pages. Striped paperback. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. First page slightly loose. Paper cover has moderate edge wear with noticeable creasing and chipping. Moderate tanning and markings. A few liquid droplet marks.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Paperback Original. Heavy reading crease to the spine and another reading crease along the left side of the front cover next to the spine. There is some light edge wear to the back cover with a small crease to the bottom corner but the covers are otherwise bright and unmarked. Small surface chip at the top of the spine. Browning to the insides of the covers. Small initials in pen to the first page which also has a small trace of a price in pencil. Pages browned but otherwise unmarked. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1967 -2Nd Printing. Vg++ Condition.

PAPERBACK/POCKET BOOK. Condition: FAIR. FIRST EDITION THUS (STATED).

Tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. Aguilar, México. Primera edición, 1980. Novela negra. 698 páginas. 17 x 11. Tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada con solapas. Sin subrayados. Buen estado de conservación. Libro.

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. A mid 1940s abridged PB edition of the 1st Nero Wolfe novel from the mid 1930s. Mercury Book 37. Publication date is estimated. Light wear at the edges with rubbing to the spine hinges. Sticker scrapes at the bottom of the covers near the spine - 1" x 1" on the front and .75" x 1" on the back. A couple of small soil spots on the back cover. Light browning to the pages. A good to very good copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. ISBN Mass Market Paperback. First Printing. Tight sound unmarked copy in Good to very good condition. Plastic laminate starting to peel and lift on the covers edges with a few small pieces gone and slight wear to the base of the spine area.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Green Crime Penguin. No. 1080. A very good copy with no creases on the spine. Neat previous owners details inside.188 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1955 Penguin paperback 1st edition 1st impression. Penguin Green Crime series. Very good clean tight copy. Internally clean and bright, slight stain on cover as shown.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. First Penguin Edition. In poor condition but will fill a collectors gap at no. 1080. Binding loose, yellowed, stained, foxed, heavily creased, heavily torn.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. ANIMAUX DE BUFFONÉdition de LACEPEDETirée de l'histoire naturel de Buffon1835Tirage sur papier épaisRehaussé de magnifiques couleurs et d'un léger vernis22 x 14 centimètres (format hors tout)TIRAGE ORIGINAL DE 1835. -. Gravure.

1st ed. thus card covers Nice copy small octavo 222pp., First Penguin edition [1080] Penguin green crime. Nice tight copy with a nice spine. Internally very clean & bright.

Stapled. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Paul Hess (cover photo), Fred Ludekens (Point of Death), Roy Spreter (Beauty's Daughter), George Howe (The Closed Room), Rea Irvin (Fellow Citizens, I Love You), F G Cooper (Hero Poison), Tallburt (The Next Step in the New Deal) (illustrator). First Edition. The November 1934 issue of the American Magazine. It contains most notably, complete in this issue, Point of Death, an abridged version of Fer-de-Lance - the first Nero Wolfe novel. This precedes the book publication and can arguably be asserted to be the "true first edition" of the Nero Wolfe classic. I'll leave that judgment to the bibliographers & completists. Other articles and fiction include part 2 of 6 of Beauty's Daughter, a novel by Kathleen Norris, part 4 of 6 of The Closed Room, a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland, Fellow Citizens, I Love You, poetry by Ogden Nash, The Corn Planting, an article by Sherwood Anderson, Hero Poison, an article on egos and college football by Paul Gallico, The Next Step in the New Deal, an article by Walter Lippmann, Scattergood, an Interesting People feature of Thomas J Neary, Ruralist, an Interesting People feature of Sherwood Anderson, and others. There are a number of condition issues. The cover is intact but loose from the spine. Light soiling to the covers. Light wear at the top and bottom of the spine. Missing pages as follows - 41/42 (Interesting People - Fencing champs Marion Lloyd & Dorothy Locke, Angler Helen Jepson), 45/46 (Interesting People String Puller Thomas J Neary & Ruralist Sherwood Anderson), 79/80 (ads Campbell's Soup & Camel's) and 89/90 (Ford ad & Tigress in Gingham story by Virgina Paxton). The Stout story is not affected. A flawed copy with a hard to find cornerstone of golden age mystery fiction.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Beige cloth cover with blk lettering;; DJ is; No other marks or writing,; clean tight binding; 474 pages Very Good- owners name on fep and three words and definition on back end sheet not priced clipped, chipping at spine edges clean tight binding;

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Beautiful facsimile duplicate of the original FIRST EDITION hardcover book and Dust Jacket in a slipcase in AS NEW FINE condition Slipcase in new fine condition.Appears UNREAD.Bright clean tight. Boards and spine are straight // Binding is tight.//Pages are clean, legible, and bright // No previous owner names//No writing in the book margins or blank spaces // No underlining. No highlighting// No foxing// Not Ex Library// Not a Book Club//No remainder mark.//We ship 5 days a week.Shelf 48A.

Stapled. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Paul Hess (cover photo), Fred Ludekens (Point of Death), Roy Spreter (Beauty's Daughter), George Howe (The Closed Room), Rea Irvin (Fellow Citizens, I Love You), F G Cooper (Hero Poison), Tallburt (The Next Step in the New Deal) (illustrator). First Edition. The November 1934 issue of the American Magazine. It contains most notably, complete in this issue, Point of Death, an abridged version of Fer-de-Lance - the first Nero Wolfe novel. This precedes the book publication and can arguably be asserted to be the "true first edition" of the Nero Wolfe classic. I'll leave that judgment to the bibliographers & completists. Other articles and fiction include part 2 of 6 of Beauty's Daughter, a novel by Kathleen Norris, part 4 of 6 of The Closed Room, a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland, Fellow Citizens, I Love You, poetry by Ogden Nash, The Corn Planting, an article by Sherwood Anderson, Hero Poison, an article on egos and college football by Paul Gallico, The Next Step in the New Deal, an article by Walter Lippmann, Scattergood, an Interesting People feature of Thomas J Neary, Ruralist, an Interesting People feature of Sherwood Anderson. and others. Light edge wear to the front cover with small dark streaks along the spine and the less on the bottom edge. Small loss at the top & bottom of the spine. The spine is very dark, almost black, but still readable. Light damp stains to the for edge of the pages that fades out by page 20 and the top & bottom corners of the pages that fades out by page 84 at the top and 100 at the bottom. No cutouts or missing pages. A good or better copy of a hard to find example of a cornerstone of golden age mystery fiction.

Stapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Paul Hess (cover photo), Fred Ludekens (Point of Death), Roy Spreter (Beauty's Daughter), George Howe (The Closed Room), Rea Irvin (Fellow Citizens, I Love You), F G Cooper (Hero Poison), Tallburt (The Next Step in the New Deal) (illustrator). First Edition. The November 1934 issue of the American Magazine. It contains most notably, complete in this issue, Point of Death, an abridged version of Fer de Lance - the first Nero Wolfe novel. This precedes the book publication and can arguably be asserted to be the "true first edition" of the Nero Wolfe classic. I'll leave that judgment to the bibliographers & completists. Other articles and fiction include part 2 of 6 of Beauty's Daughter, a novel by Kathleen Norris, part 4 of 6 of The Closed Room, a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland, Fellow Citizens, I Love You, poetry by Ogden Nash, The Corn Planting, an article by Sherwood Anderson, Hero Poison, an article on egos and college football by Paul Gallico, The Next Step in the New Deal, an article by Walter Lippmann, Scattergood, an Interesting People feature of Thomas J Neary, Ruralist, an Interesting People feature of Sherwood Anderson. and others. Light edge wear to the front cover with a .375" closed tear towards the bottom middle of the front cover. Moderate spine roll. Small crease to the bottom corner of page 163 through the back cover. The interior is very clean and fresh. No cutouts or missing pages. A very good copy of a hard to find example of a cornerstone of golden age mystery fiction.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tall, pictorial spiral bound softcover. 225pp.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. Tall softcover with plastic spiral binding, pictorial cover. Mild age toning to a handful of pages. 225pp.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition of the first Nero Wolfe book. A very good book with unfaded cloth and gilt titles, which are bright and unfaded as well. Red topstain is lightly faded. One small pinprick of wear-through to the bottom front corner - very good. A nice, solid very good copy of a landmark book. In a supplied mylar jacket.