
1940 Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

8th in the Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin series

1940 Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

8th in the Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin series

adapted from the 1935 Rex Stout novel of the same name
2nd in the long-running and outstanding series with Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin

cover art by Jay Hambidge
included “Excess Baggage” by Rex T. Stout – his 4th published story

January 1956 subscription issue – different cover from the newsstand issue

gouache on illustration board, 13″ x 18″
[post updated 1/1/24]