Simon and Schuster, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. No Edition Remarks. 229 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are rough cut. Pages are moderately tanned with mild foxing to text block edges. Presentation plate stuck to paste-down, with a pencil inscription to free endpaper. Water drops on pages 56-67, with a few small nicks and creases along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine, with water drops on all surfaces.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1692359907MEP
Title: Puzzle For Wantons
Author: Patrick Quentin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Date Published: 1945

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...
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....
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...