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Trio for Blunt Instruments
Trio for Blunt Instruments is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published in 1964 by the Viking Press in the United States and simultaneously by MacMillan & Company in Canada. The book comprises three stories:
- "Kill Now—Pay Later", serialized in three issues of "The Saturday Evening Post" (December 9, 16 and 23–30, 1961)
- "Murder Is Corny", previously unpublished; the last Nero Wolfe novella to be written, and the
2006, "Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine" estimated that the first edition of "Trio for Blunt Instruments" had a value of between $150 and $300. 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.
- 1964, New York: Viking