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STOUT, Rex. Too Many Cooks. N.p., 1938.
8o. Cloth folding box; pictorial dust jacket (few chips, lightly soiled); cloth folding case. Provenance: Durries Crane (presentation inscription from the author).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY STOUT on the first sheet: "For Mr. Durries Crane-- Rex Stout." This work consists of Nero Wolfe recipes laid in a cloth box. Wolfe, known as a gourmet, offers suggestions for such dishes as pan broiled young turkey, Boone County Missouri ham and Tennessee opposum. This was put out as a promotional item by The American Magazine, in which the novel was originally serialized.
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FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY STOUT on the first sheet: "For Mr. Durries Crane-- Rex Stout." This work consists of Nero Wolfe recipes laid in a cloth box. Wolfe, known as a gourmet, offers suggestions for such dishes as pan broiled young turkey, Boone County Missouri ham and Tennessee opposum. This was put out as a promotional item by The American Magazine, in which the novel was originally serialized.