NMLP P-037134 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

Before Midnight

Rex Stout · Viking Press · 1955

Jacket-swirl color is the lead tell: the Viking first has gray swirls with blue lettering (title page dated 1955, 'Printed in the USA by Colonial Press Inc.'); the book-club copy has blue swirls, black lettering, and a completely blank back flap. No 'Book Club Edition' flap marking. (identification per rexstoutfirsts.com)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-037134 for "Before Midnight" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037134, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).