Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1990. Collector's edition. Leather-bound. Near fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo 8" - 10" tall bound in full black leather with four raised bands. Gilt decorated spine and front and back covers with key hole design. Satin page ribbon/marker and decorated endpapers and color frontis and black & white illustrations, accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing, and concealed musling joints. This book also contains an unused blank Easton Press bookplate and publisher's letter. Slight bump to bottom textbblock.

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He is known to the Germans as 'Sphinx', to others as Alex Wolff, a European businessman. He arrives suddenly in Cairo from out of the desert, armed with a radio set, a lethal blade and a copy of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca – a ruthless man with a burning, relentless conviction that he will win at all costs. The stakes are high, for the survival of the British campaign in North Africa is in the balance. Only Major William Vandam, an intelligence officer, and the beautiful courtesan Elene can put an end to Wolff's brilliant clandestine reports of British troop movements and strategic plans. As Rommel's troops come closer to victory, Vandam edges nearer to Wolff and the crucial key. Follett builds tension and suspense to a nerve-tearing pitch as he follows the adversaries across the infernal desert to a confrontation which will determine who wins – and loses – in this deathly struggle. In all of Cairo, only two people can stop him. One is a down-on-his-luck English officer no one will listen to. The other is a vulnerable young Jewish girl.

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Bookseller: Great Northern Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11575
Title: The Key to Rebecca
Author: Follett, Ken
Format/Binding: Leather-bound
Book Condition: Used - Near fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Collector's edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Easton Press
Place of Publication: Norwalk, CT
Date Published: 1990

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