The League of Frightened Men: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20cm); black cloth, covered boards titled in gilt on cover and spine; green topstain; [iv],308pp. Sunning to spine, oxidized; topstain faded, three faint, horizontal scuffs to rear cover, with gutter cracked at title page; contents clean; Very Good+, lacking the dustjacket.

The second Nero Wolfe novel, a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title, and basis for Alfred Green's 1937 film of the same name, starring Walter Connolly and Lionel Stander. HUBIN, p.393; BARZUN & TAYLOR 1989.