The Golden Spiders, a Nero Wolfe Novel by STOUT, Rex - 1969

New York: The Viking Press, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardback. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in black paper-covered boards with light green title on the spine and a yellow spider on the front. Only defect to note on the book is age toned pages. Dust jacket has edge wear ,rubs, tears and chips missing at the spine. Now protected in archival jacket cover. A Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout Book states on the copyright page that this the 1st Printing by Viking, but this is a Book Club Edition. 222 pages. .

New York: The Viking Press, 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Leather. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bill English. 1953 first edition, first impression. Size octavo, 8.5" tall, 222 pages. Black leather hard cover with large yellow spider motif to the front cover and yellow titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition good+, mild rubbing to cover corners and edges otherwise a nice clean binding, the pages inside are quite heavily tanned throughout, more so at the edges and fading into the centre of the pages, previous owner's name to front end-paper otherwise clean. Dust jacket condition very good plus, slight rubbing to corners, edges and folds, small crease to front upper outer corner of front panel, spine ends a little chipped, same previous owner's name to front flap of jacket, price clipped. Dust jacket illustration by Bill English. Crime Detective thriller, murder mystery.

New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 186 pages; dust jacket is price-clipped, with 1/4" chip at lower front panel; short closed tear with fold on rear panel of dust jacket and light wear at extremities.