DEATH OF A DOXY. A Nero Wolfe Novel.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original quarter grey cloth with dark blue titles and yellow boards, in the Bill English designed dustwrapper. Blueish green top-stain. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the boards bright, with a mark to the rear panel and very mild toning to the extremities and centre of the upper board, corresponding with the die cut circle in the dustwrapper. The contents, with a previous owner's surname and single line address to the front pastedown, and the author's signature on the endpaper are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased, price-clipped dustwrapper that is a touch faded to the spine and otherwise without loss or tears.

Signed by Rex Stout in blue ink on the front endpaper. The twenty-ninth Nero Wolfe novel. Published in August 1966. The UK first edition, published by Collins, The Crime Club, followed in June 1967. (Hubin).