NMLP P-037144 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

Murder by the Book

Rex Stout · Viking Press · 1951

Board color is the fastest tell: the Viking first is yellow cloth (red lettering) with a the printed price / 'The Viking Press · New York' flap and 'Printed in the U.S.A. by the Colonial Press, Inc.', while the book-club edition is gray cloth and runs taller (~8.55" vs ~8.3"). No 'Book Club Edition' flap marking. (identification per rexstoutfirsts.com)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-037144 for "Murder by the Book" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037144, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).