The Spur

New York: Julian Messner, Inc, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. 304 pp. Octavo [21 cm]; Grey cloth over boards. Edges and corners are gently rubbed and bumped. Spine ends exhibit some creasing due to bumps. Book cloth near extremities of boards and on spine is lightly toned, and is beginning to fray on top and bottom edges of boards. In a good, price-clipped dust jacket, with scraping and creasing, and occasional, small losses to edges. The spine is sunned to a yellow, from the original red. Previous owner's inscription in pen on the front free endsheet. The dust jacket has been repaired using Scotch tape, placed mostly along the verso of the top and bottom edges. Ardyth Kennelly is from Salt Lake City, UT, before then moving to Oregon. "The Spur was inspired by her insatiable curiosity about 'the man who killled Lincoln.'