Rex Stout

Fer-de-lance

originally published:
New York : Farrar and Rinehart
1934

We offered this copy of the first edition, in the rare dustwrapper, in our Catalog 87.

awards:

  • First Book(1934)
  • Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone(1934)

reference info

bio notes:
born: 12/1/1886
died: 10/27/1975
born as: Todhunter Stout

American author who wrote genteel mystery stories (both novelettes and novels), many of which revolve around the elegantly eccentric and reclusive detective Nero Wolfe and his wisecracking aide, Archie Goodwin. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

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