NMLP P-037145 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

Please Pass the Guilt

Rex Stout · Viking Press · 1973

Endpapers and binding are the cleanest tells: the Viking first has black endpapers, black boards with a red spine and gold lettering, and is thicker (0.75"); the book-club copy has white endpapers, a different cover, and is thinner (0.65"). No 'Book Club Edition' flap marking. (identification per rexstoutfirsts.com)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-037145 for "Please Pass the Guilt" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037145, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).