Frenchman’s Creek. London Gollancz 1941. First Edition. Blue cloth boards in publisher’s yellow dust jacket lettered in black & red. Light wear to head of jacket spine, and fading to cloth; otherwise a very good copy.

Du Maurier’s historical novel was her first publication after the huge success of Rebecca, as the dust wrapper proudly proclaims:

“Just Out! Daphne du Maurier’s New Novel, Frenchman’s Creek. It’s by the author of Rebecca, sales in English of which are now about One Million.‘