Second Confession, First Edition (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First printing of the first American edition, hardcover in excellent, unmarked, next-to-pristine condition (slightest handling), with VG dust jacket (slight handling, price-clipped). The DJ is protected by a new, clear, removeable cover. 403 pages. [1.7 lbs]. Book.

First 2nd New Bantam paperback edition, first printing # Q8552 of the fifteenth novel in the "Nero Wolfe" mystery series. Faint creases to the spine. Age toning to the cover and pages. In Near Fine Condition.

Mass Market paperback. Condition: Very Good-. New Bantam Edition; First Printing. Corners bumped, a little edge wear, light reading crease, a little darkening and soiling to covers. A nice copy. ; Bantam Q8552, 2nd New Bantam edition, 1st printing. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 197 pages; "A missing membership card, a machine-gunning mobster, Nero Wolfe asking Archie Goodwin to seduce a lovely young lady? It can't be true, but when murder strikes Archie's rival, Wolfe takes the case." "The latest adventures of the famous orchid-growing beer-drinking, self-proclaimed genius, Nero Wolfe, are more exciting, more violent than ever before. This new, full-length, mystery novel not only gives Nero full play for all his egocentricities but also provides Archie with a satisfying number of opportunities to risk his neck, to fall into what he never calls love, and to be baffled simultaneously by an exceptionally well-concealed murderer and an infuriatingly noncommittal Nero. ".

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st printing, Aug./Sept. 1952; #1032. Cover art is uncredited. Edge and corner wear, heavy to spien which has tears and small losses at spine ends; creasing; uneven edges; a little foxing; math in pen inside rear cover; last page (ads) has lower foredge corner torn off; musty. Book.

First Bantam paperback edition, first printing #1032 of the fifteenth ovel in the "Nero Wolfe" mystery series. Light edgewear. Age toning to the cover and pages. Light crease to the spine. Tip of the bottom corner of pages 185 to 200 and rear cover is missing. In Very Good Condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Royal 8vo, raspberry cloth, lettered in black. Minor shelf wear, a few blemishes and areas of minor discoloration to cover cloth (ghost of bookend on lower front cover), corners and extrems a bit rubbed. Curiously, the front panel and flap of the original dust jacket has been trimmed and tipped in at front flyleaf, DJ otherwise lacking. 280 pp. Firm binding, clean interior beyond some dried glue residue on rear endpapers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Text is clear of markings. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Earlier 1958 edition. Owner's name and small stamps on first free page. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This offering is a copy of The Second Confession, A Nero Wolfe Novel written by Rex Stout. The book was published by The Viking Press in 1949 and appears to be a First Edition but is not specifically stated as such. The book is not an ex-library copy and is in good condition but has no dust jacket. Both the front and back end pages are somewhat yellowed but it's because the glued has "shaded through" over the years. It's 5 3/4" by 8 1/2" and has 245 pages. Thank you!

The Confession Stone: Song Cycles Owen Dodson, Second Edition Paul Breman, London 1971 Volume 13 in Paul Breman's Heritage Series, Breman was a Dutchman living in London who became one of the most important publishers of African-American poetry, being an early publisher of Audre Lord, Ishmael Reed, and other underappreciated Black poets. Printed stapled wraps, pp. 28; Near fine.

No dust jacket. Deckled pages. First printing? Early Nero Wolfe novel survives fairly well for its vintage but suffers more than the usual shelfwear (rubbing, bumping of front and rear plate; chipping at edge of spine; tanning of interior pages; separation of binding already begun). G? See photos.

Book is a First Edition in a Very Good condition. No Jacket. Book corners are bumped as are corners of spine. Two small first layer paper losses at bottom of spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, caption title only, 8pp. Paper browned, a little edge chipped. A Good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. "With its history, regulations and catalogue of members." Valuable early 19th century Hartford CT reference for history and genealogy. 36 pages. Moderate exterior wear and fading, foxing within. Paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Blue-green cloth, lime-yellow lettering. Spine faded beneath jacket, covers covered near tail of spine. Text age-toned, name and location in ink on front free endpaper. Jacket edge-worn, frayed at corners and extremities of spine, faded on spine, not price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First UK edition. Rebound in Full Leather and New endpapers. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are in good condition. Small tears on the page edges from page 9 and 10. There are a few minor marks and some pencil annotations, within the body of the book. All pages remain accessible. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ink stamps etc from a private lending Library to the rear end paper, else a clean copy of the First Edition in an attractive, modestly worn Very Good jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8 vo. 245 pp. Green cloth with pale green titles. Very good or better with an owner's name and date to the front free endpaper. Jacket priced at $2.50. Light edgewear, no tears, no fading.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Mild wear, else a clean copy of the First Edition in an attractive, modestly worn Very Good jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Second Confession by Rex Stout First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1950. A fine copy. Tiny neat name to front pastedown. Contents unblemished throughout and free of foxing. Covers are bright, unmarked and without fading or toning to spine. In a VG dust jacket with some fraying to rear fold.

First Edition. Tall octavo, original plum cloth with silver illustrated front cover, silver letters to spine, illustrated throughout in black and white, in very scarce illustrated dustjacket. Humorous and witty writing on the topic of marriage, addressing "things we do not say openly now, though all men and most women realize that such things are handed down from generation by word of mouth" (from inside flap). Attributed to one of the first English professional female literary writers, about whom little is known other than her work as an author and as a spy for the British crown. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket but for tear to 3/4 length of rear panel mended at verso with tape, inch tears and shallow chipping to spine ends, and rubbing to panel cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 243. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered yellow at the spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. A Nero Wolfe Novel. Slight fading at spine, otherwise very good in near very good dust jacket, with some rubbing at edges, slight nicking and scuffing at spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Publisher's cloth. First published Sept. 1949. Spine sunned, spine ends frayed, slight soil to cloth. PO pencilled name. Sound and square. The DJ in mylar is edgeworn/edge creased, chipped, insected. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Browned top edge stain on fore edge ow very good dj clipped now in mylar protector vg.

First UK edition, first printing. Original red cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding firm, the spine a little rolled, the cloth slightly faded at the edges. There is a little faint spotting to the closed text-block edge, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has a couple of short closed tears and a lightly faded spine. Not price-clipped (8s 6d on the front flap). The twelfth Nero Wolfe mystery novel. First published in 1949 in the US by the Viking Press. (Hubin; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. The fifteenth Nero Wolfe mystery. The second novel with master criminal Arnold Zeck. "Stylish, timely, and brilliantly plotted, with Archie and his boss functioning at full speed Nero even leaves home to snare killer. Very good." - The Saturday Review of Literature, 15 October, 1949. [Reference: Hubin, pp. 777-778. Townsend, Rex Stout: An Annotated and Secondary Bibliography, A30a. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 758-759. ]. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild shelf wear to the spine ends and corner tips, rub mark with small loss at lower front spine fold, slight darkening to spine panel. (33348).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. The fifteenth Nero Wolfe mystery. The second novel with master criminal Arnold Zeck. "Stylish, timely, and brilliantly plotted, with Archie and his boss functioning at full speed â" Nero even leaves home to snare killer. Very good." - The Saturday Review of Literature, 15 October, 1949. [Reference: Hubin, pp. 777-778. Townsend, Rex Stout: An Annotated and Secondary Bibliography, A30a. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 758-759. ]. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light shelf wear to the corner tips and spine ends with mild fade to the spine panel. (32447).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8vo. [6], 3-245, [3] pp. Light blue cloth with green lettering and green decoration on the front board and spine; yellow topstain. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill English. Ahearn APG 032b. A pleasing copy of a Nero Wolfe caper. A subtle repair to the rear hinge; jacket with traces of edge wear and rubbing.

8 x 5.5, cloth, 245 pp, covers a bit worn, spine a bit cocked, extremities lightly bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents toned, in toned and worn dust jacket. FIRST ED, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR REX STOUT who adds "10/3/49." ". . . Nero Wolfe is retained by a tycoon to expose an alleged Communist. . . " Sounds like something that would interest the boys at Bolerium.

The Viking Press. New York. 1949. First edition. Hardback in DW. Boards sunned and worn to edges. Pages browned. A clean copy in slightly soiled wrapper that is faded to spine and worn and chipped to extremities, lacking portions to head and tail of spine.