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''Three Men Out'' is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1954. The book comprises three stories that first appeared in ''The American Magazine'': * "Invitation to Murder" (August 1953, as "Will to Murder") * "The Zero Clue" (December 1953, as "Scared to Death") * "This Won't Kill You" (September 1952, as "This Will Kill You") ==Publication history== *1954, New York: The Viking Press, March 26, 1954, hardcover〔Townsend, Guy M., ''Rex Stout: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography''. New York: Garland Publishing, ISBN 0-8240-9479-4, 1980. John McAleer, Judson Sapp and Arriean Schemer are associate editors of this definitive publication history.〕 :In his limited-edition pamphlet, ''Collecting Mystery Fiction #9, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Part I'', Otto Penzler describes the first edition of ''Three Men Out'': "Red boards, front cover blank. Issued in a red, black and white dust wrapper. … The binding of this title was a textured cardboard designed to resemble cloth; the book club edition has a smoother texture."〔Penzler, Otto, ''Collecting Mystery Fiction #9, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Part I'' (2001, New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, limited edition of 250 copies), p. 30〕 :In April 2006, ''Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine'' estimated that the first edition of ''Three Men Out'' had a value of between $200 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. 34〕 *1954, New York: Viking (Mystery Guild), June 1954, 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〕 *1955, London: Collins Crime Club, January 17, 1955, hardcover *1955, Toronto: Macmillan, 1955, hardcover *1955, New York: Bantam #1388, November 1955, paperback *1980, New York: Bantam Crimeline ISBN 0-553-13666-6 August 1980, seventh printing, paperback *1991, New York: Bantam Crimeline ISBN 0-553-24547-3 June 1, 1991, paperback *1994, New York: Bantam Crimeline ISBN 0-553-24547-3 May 1994, paperback, Rex Stout Library edition with introduction by Linda Ellerbee *1997, Newport Beach, California: Books on Tape, Inc. ISBN 0-7366-3749-4 July 21, 1997, audio cassette (unabridged, read by Michael Prichard) *2011, New York: Bantam Crimeline ISBN 978-0-307-76816-2 August 17, 2011, 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「Three Men Out」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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