STOUT REX Too Many Cooks

Sale 2355 - Lot 242

Price Realized: $ 1,250

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STOUT, REX. Too Many Cooks. Original book-shaped box, orange straight-grain cloth, title-page bound in; dust jacket affixed to box at rear flap as issued, light edgewear, minor marginal foxing, two short closed tears; complete set of 36 cards, including the menu card, 34 recipe cards, and a notecard with Nero Wolfe "signature," laid loose in box as issued (first 4 cards with negligible marginal tanning, else clean). [New York:] (The American Mystery Magazine, 1938)

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first edition of this charming production, published to promote Stout's fifth Nero Wolfe mystery. The introductory "Important" notecard is, to this day, as good and concise a summation of the art of cooking as has been written.