Golden Remedy by Rex Stout - 1931

This used hardbound book is in fair condition. There is writing on the front free page and on the page following the title page. Page 16 and 17 have five pea size brown spots on each page. There is writing i pencil on page 37. Ther is a bron pea size sspon on page 46 and 47. Page 47 has a flap on the top right corner. There is writing on page 225 and underlining in pencil. Thereis underlining on page 248. Page 249 has a one inch tea on the bottom left side. The back free page has multiple dates stamped on it. The back paste down page has several number written in pencil. The binding holds all pages in tact. The boards are well worn. The head and tail are bumped. The Dust jacket is soiled and torn along the front left side . The dust jacket is glued to the front and back paste down pages.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1931. 294 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Title darkened. Lightly soiled. Corners bumped. DJ has chipping to extremities w/ a 2 1/4" long piece missing from tail of spine and a 1" piece missing from head of spine. Spine sunned. Lightly soiled. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair or Better. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

vanguard Press, 1931. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy in a Near Fine Jacket First Edition Author's Rare Third Book Excellent Tight Fresh Copy Scarce In this Condition..

New York: Vanguard Press, 1931. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some age darkening to spine panel and a 4mm x 17 mm chip to lower spine panel, a small chip to upper left corner of spine and overall dust soiling. (15725). Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-2] 3-294 [295-296: blank], original red cloth, spine stamped in gold, top edge stained red. The author's third novel to be published in book form and the last to be published by Vanguard Press (he would move to Farrar and Rinehart with his next book). A mainstream novel concerning a man trying to who is unable to establish a lasting relationship with women. Townsend (ed), Rex Stout: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography, A7.

New York:: The Vanguard Press,, 1931.. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. . Slight sunning to edges, otherwise very good or better in a fresh jacket with some light chipping to the extremities of the spine, which is also slightly faded. There is some very light soiling to the back panel. An attractive copy.. 8vo,.

New York: Vanguard, 1931. First Edition. First Edition. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket, with only minute traces of soil on the rear panel. Stout's seventh book and third hardcover title, one of eight novels written prior to his first mystery, "Fer-de-lance," in 1934. The story concerns Marvin Tasker, director of the Marvin Tasker Musical Institute, who spends a lifetime in an effort to break down love into verifiable, scientific terms. A superb copy.