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Rebecca
by Du Maurier, Daphne
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1940. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. One of the most haunting first lines of all time "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again," in the novel that was the basis for the spellbinding 1940 Hitchcock movie starring Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine. Orig. published by Doubleday in 1938, this is a 1940 reprint from Garden City, with the same burgundy cloth-covered boards as the first edition, but stamped in silver(instead of the orig. paper band) to front center, wrapping around spine, with a break at front hinge rather than continuous wrap. In 457 pages, facsimile author's signature stamped to half title page. Hardcover small 8vo (5.75" x 8") is in VG- condition: generally very clean with a few stains to upper outside page edges. Binding strong & straight, pages moderately tanned, commensurate with age, heavier to endpapers. Gutter at title page shows some short tears. Mild rubbing to extremities, with a touch of fraying to head of spine, some scattered white spotting & mild spine fading. No 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.
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
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022160
- Title
- Rebecca
- Author
- Du Maurier, Daphne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- HAUNTED HAUNTING WIVES WIFE MURDER HUSBAND CASTLE BRIDE MOVIE FILM HITCHCOCK GOTHIC ROMANCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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"...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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