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''Three at Wolfe's Door'' is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1960. The book comprises three stories, one of them published previously: * "Poison à la Carte" * "Method Three for Murder" (previously serialized in three issues of ''The Saturday Evening Post'', January 30–February 13, 1960) * "The Rodeo Murder" ==Publication history== *1960, New York: The Viking Press, April 29, 1960, hardcover〔Townsend, Guy M., ''Rex Stout: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography'' (1980, New York: Garland Publishing; ISBN 0-8240-9479-4), p. 84. 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 ''Three at Wolfe's Door'': "Orange cloth, front cover and spine printed with dark brown. Issued in a mainly green-brown 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. 11〕 :In April 2006, ''Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine'' estimated that the first edition of ''Three at Wolfe's Door'' 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〕 *1960, New York: Viking (Mystery Guild), July 1960, 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〕 *1961, London: Collins Crime Club, January 20, 1961, hardcover *1961, New York: Bantam #A-2276, August 1961 *1995, New York: Bantam Crime Line ISBN 0-553-23803-5 September 1995, paperback, Rex Stout Library edition with introduction by Margaret Maron *1997, Newport Beach, California: Books on Tape, Inc. ISBN 0-7366-4060-6 October 31, 1997, audio cassette (unabridged, read by Michael Prichard) *2010, New York: Bantam Crimeline ISBN 978-0-307-75622-0 June 9, 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「Three at Wolfe's Door」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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