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''And Four to Go'' (British title ''Crime and Again'') is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1958. The book comprises four stories — three appearing previously in periodicals, and one making its debut in print: * "Christmas Party" (''Collier's'', January 4, 1957, as "The Christmas-Party Murder") * "Easter Parade" (''Look'', April 16, 1957, as "The Easter Parade Murder") * "Fourth of July Picnic" (''Look'', July 9, 1957, as "The Labor Union Murder") * "Murder Is No Joke", later expanded as "Frame-Up for Murder" and serialized in three issues of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' (June 21–July 5, 1958) ==Publication history== *1958, New York: The Viking Press, April 29, 1958, hardcover.〔Townsend, Guy M., ''Rex Stout: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography'' (1980, New York: Garland Publishing; ISBN 0-8240-9479-4), p. 85〕 :In his limited-edition pamphlet, ''Collecting Mystery Fiction #10, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Part II'', Otto Penzler describes the first edition of ''And Four to Go'': "Blue cloth, front cover and spine printed with red; rear cover blank. Issued in a mainly brick red dust wrapper."〔Penzler, Otto, ''Collecting Mystery Fiction #9, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Part I'' (2001, New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, limited edition of 250 copies), p. 7〕 :In April 2006, ''Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine'' estimated that the first edition of ''And Four to Go'' had a value of between $200 and $350. The estimate is for a copy in very good to fine condition in a like dustjacket.〔Smiley, Robin H., "Rex Stout: A Checklist of Primary First Editions." ''Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine'' (Volume 16, Number 4), April 2006, p. 34〕 *1958, New York: Viking (Mystery Guild), August 1958, hardcover. In the printing of "Easter Parade," a page presenting black-and-white versions of the four ''Look'' magazine photographs is placed between pages 96 and 97. :The 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).〔Penzler, Otto, ''Collecting Mystery Fiction #9, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Part I'', pp. 19–20〕 *1959, London: Collins Crime Club, May 25, 1959, hardcover (as ''Crime and Again'') *1959, New York: Bantam #A-2016, November 1959, paperback,35¢ *1962, London: Fontana #629, 1962 (as ''Crime and Again'') *1974, New York: Mystery #Q8528, December 1974, paperback, $1.25 *1992, New York: Bantam Crime Line ISBN 0-553-24985-1 December 1992, paperback, Rex Stout Library edition with introduction by Jane Haddam *1997, Newport Beach, California: Books on Tape, Inc. ISBN 0-7366-4059-2 October 31, 1997, audio cassette (unabridged, read by Michael Prichard) *2010, New York: Bantam Crimeline ISBN 978-0-307-75569-8 July 21, 2010, e-book 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「And Four to Go」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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