Patricia Wentworth — Spotlight
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional first edition of the twelfth Miss Silver novel from Patricia Wentworth, in which the mystery surrounds a murder at a glamorous party. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Published in the US as 'Wicked Uncle', follows Miss Silver as she investigates a murder that takes place at a party hosted by a man named Greogry Porlock. With three pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Light shelf wear to dust wrapper back strip tail, with chipping to back strip head. Light handling marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
