The Waxworks Murder by John Dickson Carr
1951. First Edition Thus. 192 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding is weakened. Water staining to some pages. Pastedowns and endpapers heavily marked with tape, pen and pencil inscriptions. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, tape and creasing.