Hardcover. 8vo. 178 pp. Brown boards with red lettering to spine. Dj is near pristine with only mild aging visible on the inside. A near pristine first edition copy of Darby's unusual biography of Nero Wolfe's house, including Fritz's kitchen, Theodore Horstmann's orchid room, and the role the house played in the many cases Nero and Archie investigated as per Rex Stout.

From the library of the important American poet Frank Bidart, who received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award, and the 2017 National Book Award for Poetry for his book Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016. His signature of ownership is on the half title page.