NMLP P-037149 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

The Doorbell Rang

Rex Stout · The Viking Press (New York) · 1965

The silver bullseye (Viking device) and silver spine lettering on red boards with a black spine mark the Viking first (a the printed price flap, 'Printed in the USA by Colonial Press'); the book-club copy is plain red with no silver spine device and runs about a quarter-inch taller. No 'Book Club Edition' flap marking. (identification per rexstoutfirsts.com)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-037149 for "The Doorbell Rang" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037149, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).