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Lot Description

STOUT, Rex (1886-1975). The Hand in the Glove. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937.

8vo. (Ink checkmarks on published works page.) Original cloth; dust jacket (offsetting to endpapers, front flap detached but present, toning to spine).

FIRST EDITION in unclipped original dust jacket. The Hand in the Glove was the only Dol Bonner mystery ever published, though this early representation of a female detective in the hardboiled crime genre would make several appearances in subsequent Nero Wolfe stories.

[With]: STOUT. Too Many Cooks. New York: The American Magazine, 1938. 8vo. Original book-shaped box; dust jacket (front flap detached but present). LIMITED EDITION, one of 1,000 copies. Contains 34 recipe cards, a note from "Nero Wolfe," and a menu card for one of the many luncheons held during Stout's tour through the United States to promote the book.

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