Fer-de-Lance. A Nero Wolfe Mystery by STOUT. Rex - Dell Publishing. New York. 1958

Pocket Books. 1941. This MASS MARKET PAPERBACK has a few small stains to the text (these do not render the text unreadable), as well as some scrape scars on the lower cover that interfere with the text in places, else FAIR; oragne bands on head and tail of spine. glass1. .

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. . Cloth. Near Fine/Fine Facsimile DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First printing w/ F&R colophon on c.r. page. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/gold titles, purple topstain. Near Fine book in Fine FACSIMILE DJ, now in clear protective cover. Small smudge front cloth, lightly creased spine, else Fine and unmarked. 313pp. The FIRST Nero Wolfe mystery, in collectible condition.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., Publishers, [1934]., 1934. First edition. First edition. Introduces Nero Wolfe. Fine in a fine, professionally restored dust jacket, lightly faded on the spine. Introduces Nero Wolfe, the brilliant, idiosyncratic, and obese armchair detective. PI Wolfe is asked to find Carlo Maffei, who has simply disappeared. Shortly thereafter, his body is found murdered on a golf course. Wolfe`s inquiries reveal a possible connection with the sudden death of university president Barstow. As Wolfe looks into the murders, he finds that he is getting very close to solving the murders when a fer-de-lance (one of the most deadly snakes known to man) is delivered and a ball boy from the golf course provides a crucial clue. A Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery and a beautiful copy.