Penzler describes the first edition of Three Witnesses: "Pale blue cloth, front cover and spine printed with gold; front and rear covers blank. Issued in a red, black and white dust wrapper."In April 2006, Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine estimated that the first edition of Three Witnesses had a value of between $200 and $350. The estimate 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. 1956, Toronto: Macmillan, 1956, hardcover 1956, New York: Viking Press (Mystery Guild), June 1956, 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). 1956, London: Collins Crime Club, October 22, 1956, hardcover 1957, New York: Bantam Books, July 1957, paperback 1965, New York: Viking Press, Royal Flush (with Fer-de-Lance and Murder by the Book), July 23, 1965, hardcover 1976, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976 1994, New York: Bantam Crimeline October 1994, paperback, Rex Stout Library edition with introduction by Susan Conant 1997, Newport Beach, California: Books on Tape, Inc. July 21, 1997, audio cassette (unabridged, read by Michael Prichard) 2010, New York: Bantam Crimeline June 9, 2010, e-book References 1956 short story collections Three Witnesses Viking Press books