{"product_id":"the-benevent-treasure-patricia-wentworth-1st-edition","title":"The Benevent Treasure, Patricia Wentworth — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1956\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8vo, pp. 222.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The original red cloth binding is remarkably sharp and tight, with the gilt tooling to the spine remaining unoxidised and striking against the cloth. The boards present excellent, pointed corners with scarcely any shelf-wear, and the binding remains perfectly square and firm. The text block edges are clean, exhibiting only the faintest whisper of age-toning. Internally, the pages are crisp, bright, and completely free from foxing or conspicuous flaws. The original, unclipped dust jacket (priced 12s 6d net) is vibrant and highly attractive, presenting Jarvis’s cover artwork beautifully. It shows some very mild rubbing along the folds and minor, shallow creasing to the extreme head and tail of the spine, alongside gentle, uniform toning to the white rear panel. A thoroughly handsome, collectible copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e A highly presentable First UK Edition of Patricia Wentworth's late-career mystery. Originally published in the US by Lippincott in 1954, this 1956 Hodder and Stoughton production constitutes the true UK first printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe striking wrap-around dust jacket features artwork by the prolific mid-century illustrator Jarvis. Issued in a standard red cloth binding, the book represents a desirable entry in the 'Miss Silver' detective series. Finding this specific UK edition with its original dust wrapper intact and unclipped is becoming increasingly uncommon on the open market, particularly in such sharp, well-preserved condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this classic Golden Age-style mystery, young Candida Sayle is invited to Underhill, a brooding Victorian mansion, to live with her eccentric great-aunts, Cara and Olivia Benevent. But the ancestral home holds a dark legacy: the legendary Benevent Treasure, rumoured to bring death to anyone who touches it. As long-buried family secrets rise to the surface, motives for suspicion multiply, and a fatal \"accident\" occurs on the grand staircase. It falls to the unassuming, knitting-needle-wielding private detective Miss Maud Silver to unravel a deadly web of deceit before the treasure claims its next victim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54483534086483,"sku":"4012","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260729_160401.jpg?v=1785846675","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-benevent-treasure-patricia-wentworth-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}