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Rebecca

DU MAURIER, Daphne (1907-89)
£4,000.00
London : Victor Gollancz Limited, 1938. First Edition. Publisher's black cloth with the yellow Gollancz dust-jacket in excellent, unclipped, condition. Spine and upper board lettered in gilt; head of the spine and points of corners rubbed; foot of spine rolled; bottom edge of boards a touch bumped in places. Dust-jacket is untorn with some light creasing along top edge and mild toning to the backstrip; jacket flaps have a small residue mark from tape used to secure the book-protector to the flaps. Text block slightly toned with light foxing to endpapers and edges of pages. Faint owner signature to front endpaper and small tape residue mark. A VG+ copy of the author's second book following Jamaica Inn. Rebecca became one of du Maurier's most successful works. A major hit on publication, it went on to sell nearly 3 million copies between 1938 and 1965 and has never fallen out of print. The story of a shy young bride haunted by the spectre of her older husband's first wife, Daphne du ...
Rebecca
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Worlds End Bookshop has been buying & selling second-hand and rare books in Chelsea for almost 40 years. Located on the bend of the King’s Road, our shop's distinctive red awning and book trolleys on the pavement have become a familiar part of the Chelsea scene. Our stock covers a vast range of subjects, with popular areas among book-collectors including modern first editions, antiquarian books, finely bound sets, children's and illustrated books, as well as books on art, photography, fashion, travel & exploration, food & drink and much much more.

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