D’Angelico

[Jazzgits]

Thanks!

[Cunamara]

Nothing can replace an examination by a competent luthier with the guitar in their hands. I would recommend having that done, if at all possible, for the reasons below.

Your photographs appear to show a scuff or impact mark on the heel of the neck by the cutaway, most clearly in the fourth photo. It looks like the binding underneath may be dented. There appears to be a crack tiny separation along the heel cap as well as the area along the side of the heel that you have circled.

This might mean that the guitar took a fall (off a stand, from a strap that came loose, etc.) and landed on that corner of the heel by the cutaway, knocking the neck a bit in its dovetail. If it was shipped to you, it's possible something like that might have occurred in shipping.

Or it might not mean much at all. Hence the recommendation for a discussion with the luthier. Something like this could conceivably stay stable for decades; many archtop guitars show some cracks in the finish where the heel meets the body- and remain sound for many years.

Assuming this didn't happen since you came into possession of it, if this was not disclosed to you by the seller beforehand it's worth having a conversation with them about it.

[Jimmy blue note]

I've seen this exact situation when I worked for Ibanez. It appears in instruments that have undergone a shock trauma, often while in a case while in transit. Reading the finish on a poly coat can give you a cautionary alarm, but not the degree of the actual damage.
You'll hear all sorts of advice ranging from "It's nothing. Don't worry" to "The join has been compromised beneath the surface of the finish. It's terminally flawed." The truth is, you don't know. Damage that separates the bond betweeen joins, the bond between wood and finish, within the integrity of the finish itself, is a sign that something happened that was strong enough to put out something that was never meant to be shaken loose. It takes a lot of force to break a glue join, no matter how momentary.
If this crossed my bench at Hoshino, it would have been an instant QC fail and at best stamped SECONDS.
Something is not right. That's ALL you know; you shouldn't have gotten that guitar.

Just for kicks, take a look at the finish just beneath the nut on the side of the neck where the neck becomes the headstock. Do you see ANY signs of even the tiniest finish checks, cracks of spider web pattern? Those are the first places we'd look for a quick No Go on any instrument.
Damaged goods.
Good luck.