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''Homicide Trinity'' is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1962. The book comprises three stories: * "Eeny Meeny Murder Mo", first published in ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' #220 (March 1962) * "Death of a Demon", first serialized in three issues of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' (June 10, 17 and 24, 1961) * "Counterfeit for Murder", first serialized as "The Counterfeiter's Knife" in three issues of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' (January 14, 21 and 28, 1961) ==Publication history== *1962, New York: The Viking Press, April 26, 1962, hardcover〔Townsend, Guy M., ''Rex Stout: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography'' (1980, New York: Garland Publishing; ISBN 0-8240-9479-4), p. 86. John McAleer, Judson Sapp and Arriean Schemer are associate editors of this definitive publication history.〕 :In his limited-edition pamphlet, ''Collecting Mystery Fiction #10, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Part II'', Otto Penzler describes the first edition of ''Homicide Trinity'': "Blue cloth, front cover stamped in blind; spine printed with deep pink; rear cover blank. Issued in a mainly blue dust wrapper."〔Penzler, Otto, ''Collecting Mystery Fiction #10, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Part II'' (2001, New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, limited edition of 250 copies), p. 14〕 :In April 2006, ''Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine'' estimated that the first edition of ''Homicide Trinity'' had a value of between $150 and $350. The estimate is for a copy in very good to fine condition in a like dustjacket.〔Smiley, Robin H., "Rex Stout: A Checklist of Primary First Editions." ''Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine'' (Volume 16, Number 4), April 2006, p. 35〕 *1962, Toronto: Macmillan, 1962, hardcover *1962, New York: Viking (Mystery Guild), August 1962, hardcover :The far less valuable Viking book club edition may be distinguished from the first edition in three ways: :: * The dust jacket has "Book Club Edition" printed on the inside front flap, and the price is absent (first editions may be price clipped if they were given as gifts). :: * Book club editions are sometimes thinner and always taller (usually a quarter of an inch) than first editions. :: * Book club editions are bound in cardboard, and first editions are bound in cloth (or have at least a cloth spine).〔Penzler, Otto, ''Collecting Mystery Fiction #9, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Part I'', pp. 19–20〕 *1963, London: Collins Crime Club, February 18, 1963, hardcover *1966, New York: Bantam #F-3118, February 1966, paperback *1993, New York: Bantam Crime Line ISBN 0-553-23446-3 August 1993, paperback, Rex Stout Library edition with introduction by Stephen Greenleaf *1997, Newport Beach, California: Books on Tape, Inc. ISBN 0-7366-4062-2 October 31, 1997, audio cassette (unabridged, read by Michael Prichard) *2010, New York: Bantam Crimeline ISBN 978-0-307-75599-5 July 7, 2010, e-book 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homicide Trinity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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