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Lot 361
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
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Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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Lot Description
STOUT, Rex (1886-1975). A group of 17 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:
1) Black Orchids. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942.
2) The Silent Speaker. 1946.
3) In the Best Families. 1950.
4) Murder by the Book. 1951.
5) The Black Mountain. 1954.
6) Before Midnight. 1955.
7) And Four to Go. 1958.
8) Champagne for One. 1958.
9) Too Many Clients. 1960.
10) The Final Deduction. 1961.
11) Trio for Blunt Instruments. 1964.
12) A Right to Die. 1964.
13) The Doorbell Rang. 1965.
14) Death of a Doxy. 1966.
15) The Father Hunt. 1968.
16) Death of a Dude. 1969.
17) A Family Affair. 1975.
Together, 17 works in 17 volumes, all 8vo and all printed in New York by the Viking Press unless otherwise noted with original bindings and publisher's dust jackets. Condition generally very fine.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
This lot is located in Chicago.