STOUT, REX (EDITED BY JOHN MCALEER) — Justice Ends at Home and Other Stories
New york: Viking Press, 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670411051. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good-dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some beginning toning to the innner spine joints where the glue has started to discolor and show through. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and creases. This book includes a series of short works including: The Rope Dance, An Officer and a Lady, The Mother of Invention, An Agacella Or, A Tyrant Abdicates, The Pay-Yeoman, Rose Orchid, The Lie, Heels of Fate, Pamfret and Peace, Methode Americaine, Jonathan Stannard's Secret Vice, A Professional Recall, Secrets, Warner & Wife, Justice Ends at Home. "Rex Todhunter Stout (December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and 39 novellas between 1934 and 1975. In 1959, Stout received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon XXXI, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century. In addition to writing fiction, Stout was a prominent public intellectual for decades." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
