The Red Box (Original artist's mockup for the book advertisement) by [Stout, Rex] Lefferts, Winifred Earl - 1937

New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1937. Original publisher's mockup for advertisement of the fourth Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout, "The Red Box." The mockup utilizes a silkscreen print of artist-designer Winfred Earl Lefferts' jacket art against white board with a tiny "Printed in the USA" logo at the bottom left. Wolfe is portrayed in silhouette (as was the tradition on the first few jacket designs), a mug of frothing beer to his right, with a red box lying amidst the great man's orchids.8.5 x 11 inches. Archivally and attractively double-matted, in a beautiful wooden frame treated in gray. Fine condition.