Rebecca. London: Victor Gollancz, 1938. First Edition. Publisher’s black cloth boards, title to front top right corner in gilt with title and author to spine. Bump to top of front board and some wear to tip and tail of spine, with some wear to the extremities, the text is toned but unmarked except for a small previous owners bookplate. The pages are clean with no writing or tears, the binding is tight,

‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again’ – the iconic opening line of du Maurier most famous novel.

Having destroyed her first attempt at the novel, du Maurier returned to writing it whilst in Egypt, where she and her soldier husband were stationed in Alexandria. Published in 1938, it has never gone out of print and is one of the great international bestsellers.