the second of 3 nero wolfe volumes issued dell mapback, red bull featured scene-of-the-crime map gerald gregg on cover (dell #70, january 1945). 1938, american magazine, december 1938, abridged red bull 1939, new york: farrar & rinehart, february 2, 1939, hardcover in limited-edition pamphlet, collecting mystery fiction #9, rex stout s nero wolfe part i, otto penzler describes first edition of buried caesar: green cloth, front cover , spine printed black; rear cover blank. issued in full-color pictorial dust wrapper … first edition has publisher s monogram logo on copyright page. second printing, in march 1939, identical first except logo dropped. in april 2006, firsts: book collector s magazine estimated first edition of buried caesar had value of between $2,500 , $5,000. 1939, toronto: oxford university press, 1939, hardcover 1939, london: collins crime club, july 3, 1939, hardcover 1940, new york: grossett , dunlap, 1940, hardcover 1941, new york: triangle, october 1941, hardc...