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Rebecca - A Play In Three Acts
by Daphne Du Maurier
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1940. No edition remarks. 120 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Black cloth covered boards with red title label to spine. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Contains some loose pages, edge tears and stains. Notable library inserts to front pastedown and endpaper. Library stamp to reverse of title page and top of 1st text page. Pages moderately tanned and thumbed with moderate foxing. Hinges cracked, with some exposed netting and a loose binding; pp1-10 loosening. Soil marks to bottom of pages 8-15. Red stain to p27. Boards have been notably rub worn. Heavy shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and frayed with exposed board. Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Head of spine is heavily frayed. Small library call number to bottom of spine. Boards are a little bowed. Book has a prominent forward lean. Pronounced water marks overall. Large ring mark to front.
Synopsis
An orphaned young woman working as a maid is swept off her feet by a wealthy widowed Englishman, and quickly married him. But when she arrives at his estate she learns she pales in comparison with his seemingly perfect deceased first wife Rebecca, especially in the eyes of the sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers. When Rebecca’s body is found on her shipwrecked boat the dark secrets held by the husband are discovered as well. Rebecca has had many adaptations in film, radio, and television, the most famous being the Academy-Award Winning Hitchcock adaptation released in 1940. Du Maurier wrote the novel in a reported 4 months. Her publisher, Gollancz, expected the book to be successful and ordered 20,000 copies for the first print run. Within a month the novel had sold twice that.
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Reviews
On May 12 2016, a reader said:
I find Maurier's work to be expertly descriptive and eloquently expressed.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1697180001ALK
- Title
- Rebecca - A Play In Three Acts
- Author
- Daphne Du Maurier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Date Published
- 1940
Terms of Sale
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Title Page
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- Acceptable
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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