Rebecca by Du Maurier, Daphne - 1939

New York, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1939. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. One of the most haunting first lines of all time "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again," in the 1938 novel that was the basis for the spellbinding 1940 Hitchcock movie starring Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine. A FIRST (American) EDITION, but Later Printing (1939, identical in all aspects but with no statement), this hardcover book has maroon cloth-covered boards with a silver paper band that circles front, spine, & back board, decorated with a picture of Manderley; band on rear board has some paper residue stuck to it. Condition is solidly Good, downgraded due to rubbing & fading to edges, rubbing to extremities, heavy at all corners, with cloth fraying here. Interior is very clean, modest, age-appropriate page tanning, heavier to endpapers. Old gift-inscription dated 1939 on ffep; NO other writing or underlining or highlighting; not ex-lib, not bce. N0 DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock'' images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.