The Silent Speaker
by Stout, Rex
The Silent Speaker is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1946. It was published just after World War II, and key plot elements reflect the lingering effects of the war: housing shortages and restrictions on consumer goods, including government regulation of prices. The Silent Speaker was Stout's first full-length Nero Wolfe novel since Where There's a Will in 1940.
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The Silent Speaker
by Stout, Rex
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- 1946
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Viking Press, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition inscribed by Rex Stout on the front free endpaper. Very good dust jacket still have original price of $2.50 on front flap. Correct designation of first printing by Viking on copyright page and title page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
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The Silent Speaker
by STOUT, REX
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- 1946
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New York: Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Very good in a good dust jacket with chips and stains. Inscribed by the author a couple of month after publication; “Dec. 17-1946 - For Elizabeth Rosak - With high esteem and specially warm regards - Rex Stout.”
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Silent Speaker
by Stout, Rex
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- 1946-06-01
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Erbe der Macht - DIE HÜTER DER FLAMME: Die neue Art Fantasy zu lesen, Der
by Rosenberg, Joel
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The Silent Speaker
by STOUT, REX
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- 1946
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- First Edition. Very good plus in a dust jacket with minor chips and small interior mends.
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New York: Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Very good plus in a dust jacket with minor chips and small interior mends.
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The Silent Speaker
by STOUT, Rex
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- 1946
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New York: Viking, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Gift inscription on the front fly, else near fine in near very good dust jacket with a Christmas label covering the price on the front flap and several modest nicks and tears. A reasonably nice copy of this Nero Wolfe title.
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The Silent Speaker
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- 1947
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London: The Crime Club by Collins Clear-Type Press, 1947. Undetermined. near fine. 1st Edition. 192pp. Small octavo, in publisher's orange boards with black lettering along the spine. Mild bumping to head and base of spine. Faint dust soiling to top of page edges. Illustrated dust jacket, by Pollack, slightly rubbed at the head and base of the spine.… Read more
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Silent Speaker
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- 1972-10-26
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Imprint unknown, 1972-10-26. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-Library. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy in good condition.
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THE SILENT SPEAKER
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New York: The Viking Press, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Good. Stout's first mystery novel and first featuring legendary New York City private detective Nero Wolfe after the six-year period of World War II; some edgewear, group of small stains on front cover; dustjacket is basically whole but heavily worn and chipped along edges and… Read more
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Silent Speaker
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Silent Speaker
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Viking Press. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Front hinge cracked. Slightly dampstained. (Mystery, Fiction, Detectives)
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The Silent Speaker
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The Crime Club, Collins, 1947. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Publisher's orange cloth, light wear, slightly sunned, very good indeed. In dustwrapper, price-clipped, lightly creased, small tears, spine sunned, a few small chips, overall very good. A Nero Wolfe novel. Another case for the eccentric oversized New York armchair detective Nero Wolfe. The mysteries of Rex Stout were cited as… Read more
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The Silent Speaker
by Rex Stout
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- 1976-01-01
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The Silent Speaker (Nero Wolfe)
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The Silent Speaker: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
by Stout, Rex
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The Silent Speaker
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- 1994
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The Silent Speaker (Nero Wolfe)
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The Silent Speaker
by Rex Stout
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- 1947
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United Kingdom: Collins Crime Club. 192 pages. Private small name and date stamp on slightly browning end paper. On rear of title page is a stamp (approx 4cm x 3cm grid type stamp - not dissimilar to a library stamp) - this is stamp used by the former owner of the book for date and shelving… Read more
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The Silent Speaker
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The Silent Speaker
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The Silent Speaker
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The Silent Speaker
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The Silent Speaker: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
by Stout, Rex
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CollectibleAcceptable. 1946 Viking Press 1st edition hardcover, solid and unmarked, no jacket, covers have some age wear, front cover hinge cracked, a fare rare 1st edition copy. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item… Read more
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The Silent Speaker
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- 1948
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New York: Bantam Books, 1948. First Printing. Paperback. A Bantam Book 308. Faint crease on front cover, flaking to spine. A good+ copy. A Nero Wolfe mystery. ; Small octavo.
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The Silent Speaker: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
by Rex Stout
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- 2002-05
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Silent Speaker
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Thorndike Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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The Silent Speaker
by Stout, Rex (cover art by P.J. Reynolds)
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- 1964
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London: Panther Books 1618 January 1964 First Panther Paperback Printing ISBN 0-586-00161-8, 1964 VG. Light edgewear, creasing to spine and adjacent to spine, light vertical crease to front cover, otherwise an attractive copy, very clean throughout. Cover art by P.J. Reynolds.
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The Silent Speaker (Bantam No. 308)
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- 1948
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Bantam, 1948. Unknown Binding. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Silent Speaker
by Rex Stout
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The Silent Speaker: a corpse talks to Nero Wolfe
by Stout, Rex
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- Crabtree's Collection Old Books
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NY: Bantam. G PB. (1948). The fabulour fat detective who would rather do anything than go to work himself. The very beautiful blonde Miss Phoebe Gunther . knows something she isn't telling. Wolfe and his man-of-all-dirty-work Archie Goodwin are trying to find out what the little she has on her mind. Vintage detective. Pages tanned. .
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The Silent Speaker (Nero Wolfe Mysteries)
by Rex Stout
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- 1994-01-01
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The Silent Speaker: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
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The Silent Speaker
by Stout,Rex
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- 1947
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London : Collins Crime Club, 1947. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in orange cloth with black title lettering along spine.No Dust-Jacket.This copy has one previous small address label affixed to the front pastedown.The binding is firm with no hinge weakness.The book has had a laminate… Read more
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The Silent Speaker
by Stout, Rex
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BANTAM, 1948. Book. Illus. by Hy Rubin. Very Good +. Mass Market Paperback. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has some moderate rubbing wear, some cover soil, delamination near cover edges, crease to rear cover. #308 THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.
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Between Planets
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Vintage Paperback. Ace Books #05500, circa 1969, rare US sf vintage paperback, great dragon cover art by Steele Savage, nice copy, minor wear and age, tiny spot inked in at bottom of spine, still VG+.
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THE SILENT SPEAKER [A NERO WOLFE MYSTERY]
by Stout, Rex
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- 1976
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New York: Bantam Books [1976]. Fair. 1976. Later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 055310067X . Later [9th] printing thus. Pictorial wrappers, 202 pages. Reading/filler copy [spine cocked and creased with horizontal cracking which extends part way onto the front and rear covers, cover creasing, light page edge soiling/foxing, store stamp inside the front cover, price to the first… Read more
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The Silent Speaker (Nero Wolfe Mysteries)
by Rex Stout
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The Marquis Wins
by Barbara Cartland
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Jove, 1990. First printing. Near Fine to Fine condition.
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The Silent Speaker (Penguin Crime)
by Stout, Rex
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- 1977
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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Penguin edition, first printing. Paperback. 207 pages Page edges slightly tanned as usual Very Good condition. No inscriptions
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Citizen of The Galaxy
by Robert A. Heinlein
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Vintage Paperback. Ace Books #10601, circa 1972, rare US science fiction vintage paperback, Meltzer cover art, nice copy, bright and firm, minor wear and age to spine, still VG+. reprint paperback
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The Silent Speaker (Bantam No. 308)
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The Silent Speaker (Nero Wolfe)
by Stout, Rex
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The Silent Speaker
by Rex Stout
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- 1970
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Fontana, 1970. Paperback. Acceptable. 1970. Second Impression. 192 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout and mild cracking to front hinge. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning. Book has noticeable forward lean.
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Silent Speaker - Nero Wolfe Mysteries
by Rex Stout
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Crimeline, 1/1/1994. Later Edition. Mass Market (i.e. 4 by 7 inch softcover). N/A (volume is softcover)/New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition). Novel … Read more
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The Silent Speaker (Nero Wolfe)
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The Ginger Man
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Vintage Paperback. Berkley Book #X642, circa 1966, 3rd printing, rare US vintage paperback, lusty amoral adventure of a Yankee rogue loose in bawdy Dublin, decent copy, minor wear, age toning to inside pages, still solid VG. reprint paperback
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The Silent Speaker
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- 1994
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Bantam Books, 1994. Book. Fine. Mass Market Paperback. Later Printing. Book 11 in the Nero Wolfe series. Tom Hallman cover art..
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The Silent Speaker (Nero Wolfe)
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Crimeline, 1994-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 271 p., clean and unmarked anywhere; binding tight; clean pictorial wrapper has minimal wear.
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The Silent Speaker
by Stout, Rex
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- 1994
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NY: Bantam Books. A clean and bright copy. Only one previous owner. A Nero Wolfe Mystery. The Rex Stout Library edition. Introduction by Walter Mosley. "When a powerful government official, scheduled to speak to a group of millionaires, turns up dead, it is an event worthy of the notice of the great Nero Wolfe." . Very Good. Mass Market Paperback.… Read more
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The Silent Speaker (Nero Wolfe)
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