NMLP P-037138 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

Death of a Dude

Rex Stout · Viking Press · 1969

Board color is the reliable tell: the Viking first has medium-blue boards (black spine) with a red Viking Press imprint and 'SBN 670-26140-8' on the back cover, while the book-club edition has black boards and a blank back cover. No 'Book Club Edition' flap marking. (identification per rexstoutfirsts.com)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-037138 for "Death of a Dude" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037138, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).