GAMBIT.
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A Nero Wolfe mystery novel. "There is more detection in this story than in any other of the mulling-and-quizzing sort; here we really see Nero Wolfe's thoughts whirring. Moreover, Archie is in excellent form, and although a chess tournament is a feature, the game itself is not. The great scene is that in which Nero reads and burns the pages of Webster's Dictionary, Third Edition." - Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989), 3072. [Reference: Hubin, pp. 777-778. Townsend, Rex Stout: An Annotated and Secondary Bibliography, A43a. ]. A nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to the spine ends and slight fade to the spine panel. (33347). Item #33347
Price: $250.00