Patricia Wentworth — Nine Miss Silver First Editions

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1953-1960. First edition. Cloth. A delightful collection of nine first edition works of detective fiction from Patricia Wentworth, featuring her private detective Miss Silver, and in the original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of nine works of detective fiction from Patricia Wentworth, all starring her retired governess-turned-private detective Miss Maud Silver. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers. Present here are: The Watersplash, 1953 Anna, Where Are You?, 1953 Ladies' Bane, 1954 The Silent Pool, 1956 The Benevent Treasure, 1956 Poison in the Pen, 1957 The Gazebo, 1958 The Fingerprint, 1959 The Alington Inheritance, 1960 With a former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper of two volumes, Silent Pool, Anna. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent. Light chipping to dust wrapper back strip heads of four volumes, with further loss to back strip head and tail of two volumes. Small losses to wrap heads of Silent Pool. Closed tears to tail of rear wrap of Poison in the Pen. Tape repair to reverse of dust wrapper back strip head of Watersplash, Ladies Bane. Inscriptions to front free endpapers of two volumes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.