Three Doors to Death is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1950 — itself collected in the omnibus volume Five of a Kind (Viking 1961). The book comprises three stories that first appeared in The American Magazine:
"Man Alive" (December 1947)"Omit Flowers" (November 1948)"Door to Death" (June 1949)1950, New York: The Viking Press, April 21, 1950, hardcoverIn his limited-edition pamphlet,
Collecting Mystery Fiction #9, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Part I,
Otto Penzler describes the first edition of
Three Doors to Death: "Green cloth, front cover and spine printed with black; rear cover blank. Issued in a mainly reddish-orange dust wrapper."In April 2006,
Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine estimated that the first edition of
Three Doors to Death had a value of between $300 and $500. The estimate is for a copy in very good to fine condition in a like dustjacket.
1950, New York: Viking (Mystery Guild), August 1950, hardcoverThe far less valuable Viking book club edition may be distinguished from the first edition in three ways:
1950, London: Collins Crime Club, September 18, 1950, hardcover1952, New York: Dell (mapback by Rafael de Soto), 1952, #626, paperback1961, New York: The Viking Press, Five of a Kind: The Third Nero Wolfe Omnibus (with The Rubber Band and In the Best Families), July 10, 1961, hardcover1966, New York: Bantam #F3154, June 1966, paperback1995, New York: Bantam Crimeline ISBN 0-553-25127-9 February 1995, paperback2010, New York: Bantam Crimeline ISBN 0-307-75623-8 June 9, 2010, e-book 
