Classic mystery with very strong Skull cover art. Cover states "A thriller novel classic, A full length novel." Copyright page states "an abridgement to speed action." Spine lean, cover corner crease, cover coming unglued from book(binding still solid), some spots on cover visible only at an angle, top right corner of book is turned by a bump. This sounds like a very beatup copy but it still in all is a decent looking copy(coverart is till very strong).