The Wayward Bus

Well documented and the standard trap for this title. The book-club issue is bound in salmon-coloured cloth rather than brick red; its copyright page reads "Printed in the United States of America by the Kingsport Press, Inc." instead of the Haddon Craftsmen line; a small blind dot or deboss is impressed on the lower rear board (often needing a glass to see); and the club jacket has no price at the flap. Critically, the club printing repeats "Published by The Viking Press in February 1947" and the 1947 title-page date, so that statement alone identifies nothing — check the printer line, the cloth colour, and the rear-board dot.