TEY, JOSEPHINE [ELIZABETH MACKINTOSH ] [GORDON DAVIOT] — To Love and be Wise

London, Peter Davies. 1950, 1st.UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, "It was rumoured that Hollywood stars would kill for the privilege of being photographed by the good-looking, talented and fashionable portrait photographer Leslie Searle. But what would bring such a gifted figure to the English village backwater of Salcott St Mary? And why - and how - did he disappear? If a crime had been committed, was it murder .. fraud .. or simply a macabre practical joke?' Inspector Alan Grant finally uncovers the truth. 255p. Neat and complete text in original binding, rear endpaper missing.spine faded No jacket but marks inside the covers indicate where it had been glued down. Good/No Jacket.