NMLP P-037142 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

In the Best Families (UK: Even in the Best Families)

Rex Stout · Viking Press · 1950

The Viking first has a black title page dated '1950' and three extra copyright-page top lines (with the colophon and 'Printed in the USA by Colonial Printing Inc'); the book-club copy has a purple title page and no '1950'. No 'Book Club Edition' flap marking. (identification per rexstoutfirsts.com)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-037142 for "In the Best Families (UK: Even in the Best Families)" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037142, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).