NMLP P-037153 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

The Mother Hunt

Rex Stout · Viking Press · 1963

Binding is the tell: the Viking first is light-gray cloth with a pink-and-blue safety-pin motif and a the printed price / 'The Viking Press New York' flap, while the book-club edition is blue boards with a pink spine 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-037153 for "The Mother Hunt" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037153, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).