NMLP P-037154 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

The Second Confession

Rex Stout · Viking Press · 1949

Distinguish by the back flap and bulk: the Viking first's back jacket flap carries Viking Press text (the book-club back flap is blank), it shows the Viking colophon and 'Printed in the USA by Vail-Ballou Printing Company', and it is thicker (~1.05" vs ~0.9"). No 'Book Club Edition' flap marking. (identification per rexstoutfirsts.com)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-037154 for "The Second Confession" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037154, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).