NMLP P-037152 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

The Golden Spiders

Rex Stout · Viking Press · 1953

The Viking first is light-gray cloth (black squiggles, light-green spine, gold lettering) dated 1953, with a the printed price / 'The Viking Press New York' flap and 'Printed in the USA by Colonial Press Inc.'; the book-club cover is completely different, its back flap half-empty, and it is larger in every dimension. No 'Book Club Edition' flap marking. (identification per rexstoutfirsts.com)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-037152 for "The Golden Spiders" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037152, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).