is for a copy in very good to fine condition in a like dustjacket.The "concept-driven" dustjacket designed by Bill English was cited by graphic design scholar Steven Heller for its spare use of color, sans-serif typography and use of the entire front and back cover area. 1964, New York: Viking (Mystery Guild), June 1964, hardcoverThe 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). 1965, London: Collins Crime Club, January 1965, hardcover 1967, New York: Bantam #F-3298, January 1967 1997, New York: Bantam Crimeline January 1, 1997, paperback 1997, Newport Beach, California: Books on Tape, Inc. October 31, 1997, audio cassette (unabridged, read by Michael Prichard) 2010, New York: Bantam Crimeline July 21, 2010, e-book References External links 1964 short story collections Nero Wolfe short story collections Viking Press books