Arcadia House, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Good+. Book has heavy wear to board edges with exposed boards. Head and tail of spine are worn with a little fraying. Ex-library book has faint tape stains on boards and more pronounced stains on the end papers. Back ffep has scarred area where it looks like pocket has been removed. Stamps to head and tail of spine as well has title page. A few ink notes in gutter on half-title page. Lightly spine cocked. Dust jacket has a little very light wear at fore edge corners. Head and tail of dj spine are bumpsed with very tiny closed tears. A few horizontal creases along spine edges and fore edges of dj. No signs of library ownership on dj. 220 pages.

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Seller: Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 002335
Title: Motive for Murder
Author: Wallace Reed
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good+
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Arcadia House
Date Published: 1957

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Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...