Three Men Out, Signed (2 results)

anticat16 (illustrator). Salem, Mass.: Ladies' Centennial Committee, 1875. A broadside, one sheet measuring 12.5 X 18.5 inches. Folded once, in half, some splitting along the fold, and some chipping to the margins. Very brittle and fragile. Affixed to the remains of a backing paper at the top edge, secured there by a pasted strip of paper. A verse in fifteen numbered stanzas, with cuts of ten initialed coffins at head; first line: "Awake, my muse, and tune the song." A lengthy note following the elegy is signed: "A Friend to the Deceased." The colophon at the bottom reads: "Copied from a broadside in possession of Geo. R. Curwen, Esq., and printed to be sold at an Exhibition of Antique Relics, &c., held by the Ladies' Centennial Committee, of Salem, Mass., Dec. 15, 1875." This is a facsimile reprint of: [Boston] : Printed and sold by E. Russell, next the cornfield, Union Street, near the market. (Pr. 3 cop.), [1773] (Bristol B3565).

This painting on artboard was created and signed by William Randell for the First British Edition of this classic Nero Wolfe mystery novel written by Rex Stout. The painting, itself, measures approximately 10 inches wide by 12 1/4 inches tall. Of the Nero Wolfe dust jackets, this is an especially desirable one in that it actually depicts both Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin as well which was rarely the case with the Rex Stout books published during his lifetime. The design is in bright red with white lettering and depict portraits vignette portraits of Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, and a baseball player in cap as this title is a baseball mystery.