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Rebecca

by Du Maurier, Daphne

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New York: Modern Library, 1943. First Edition Thus. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First Modern Library edition of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.. Small octavo, 457pp, [5pp ads]. Red cloth, title in gilt over black on spine. Top edge dyed black. Stated "First Modern Library Edition, 1943" on copyright page. Solid text block, light toning to edges, text block cracked at title page, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, 95 cents retail price on front flap, wear to flap folds and spine edges, chipping at corners and along spine, some shelf wear. A vibrant copy.

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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On May 12 2016, a reader said:
I find Maurier's work to be expertly descriptive and eloquently expressed.

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Details

Bookseller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
12774
Title
Rebecca
Author
Du Maurier, Daphne
Illustrator
First Modern Library edition of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Near fine
Jacket Condition
very good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition Thus
Publisher
Modern Library
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1943
Keywords
Daphne du Maurier first edition, du Maurier Modern Library, Rebecca du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek du Maurier, My Cousin Rachel du Maurier, Jamaica Inn du Maurier, The Birds du Maurier, The Birds Hitchcock

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Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Title Page
A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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...
Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Copyright page
The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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,...
Text Block
Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...

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