Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society, 2007. 1st Thus. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Emma Chichester Clark. 9th printing. An unread book in an as new condition slip case.
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
- Bookseller
- Strawberry Hill Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038047
- Title
- Rebecca
- Author
- Daphne Du Maurier
- Illustrator
- Emma Chichester Clark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Strawberry Hill Books
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Rotherfield, East Sussex
About Strawberry Hill Books
Strawberry Hill Books is a UK based collectable and antiquarian book dealer with an inventory of 10K titles. Specialist areas include Fiction, Topography, History, Art and Exploration. We supply worldwide and all shipments are tracked.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
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