Too Many Cooks
New York: The American Magazine, 1938.
Price: $2,000.00
Hardcover. First edition. A book-shaped box, with title page bound in, containing a complete set of 36 cards, including the menu card, 34 recipe cards, and an important note from Nero Wolfe, dustwrapper is affixed to the box at the rear flap, as issued. Near fine, in good dustwrapper with a large chip centered on the bottom of the spine, and stretching onto both panels, removing most of the word "Stout" but affecting no other text. Very scarce.
Item #91662
Rex Stout
birth name: Todhunter Stout
born: 12/1/1886
died: 10/27/1975
Biography
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 Literaturemore