NMLP P-037132 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

And Be a Villain (UK: More Deaths Than One)

Rex Stout · Viking Press · 1948

No 'Book Club Edition' flap marking exists. The Viking first is light-gray cloth (green line, red lettering) with a the printed price jacket, a 'The Viking Press / New York' flap imprint, and 'Printed in the USA by Colonial Press Inc.'; the book-club cover is very different. (identification per rexstoutfirsts.com)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-037132 for "And Be a Villain (UK: More Deaths Than One)" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037132, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).