The Final Deduction: A Nero Wolfe Novel
- New York: Viking Press, 1961
New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo. (21cm); red cloth covered boards titled in blue on the cover and spine; blue topstain; dustjacket by BIll English; 182pp.; remainder copy with red streak to lower edge of textblock; top stain slightly faded at spine; Very Good+. The dustjacket is price-clipped with rubbing to the exteriors; minor nicks and few short closed tears to jacket edges; Very Good+.
"Archie not at his best and not amusing, though we get information about his mother and Wolfe has some fair repartee. The kidnapping and ransoming for once dully treated. JB enters an amendment to the effect that Nero is ingenious in getting his fee, Archie subtle as well as useful, and Inspector Cramer able to work off his anger outside the home." AHEARN, APG, 058a; BARZUN & TAYLOR, 1984.
"Archie not at his best and not amusing, though we get information about his mother and Wolfe has some fair repartee. The kidnapping and ransoming for once dully treated. JB enters an amendment to the effect that Nero is ingenious in getting his fee, Archie subtle as well as useful, and Inspector Cramer able to work off his anger outside the home." AHEARN, APG, 058a; BARZUN & TAYLOR, 1984.