Patricia Wentworth [Dora Amy Turnbull] — The Listening Eye

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. The first British edition of Patricia Wentworth"s Miss Silver mystery, in which a deaf lip-reader witnesses a conversation that places her life in danger, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original dark blue cloth binding.  First edition.  Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  The twenty-eighth of thirty-two novels featuring retired governess and private investigator, Miss Maud Silver, in which an extraordinary ability to lip-read exposes a deadly conspiracy.   Patricia Wentworth (1877-1961) was the pseudonym of British crime writer Dora Amy Turnbull, best known for her series of thirty-two classic whodunits featuring Miss Maud Silver. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to lower perimeter of spine; slightly to head. The odd faint handling mark to boards. Dust wrapper, a little worn. Loss to lower two inches of spine; slight loss to head. Closed tearing to lower portion of spine, small portion lifting. Slight edge wear to extremities, resulting in the odd small chip, closed tear, and crease, heavier to spine. Slight rubbing to wraps. Very light soiling, more apparent to rear pale wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.