Victor Gollancz, London 1938 Hardcover. 28th imp Apr 1942.

A lovely wartime copy of the iconic and famous novel by Du Maurier, a worn copy with a facsimile replacement yellow jacket copied from the original. Smaller copy on rougher paper that looks like it was produced economically during wartime rationing. This would still make somebody a wonderful gift.

Condition: Good. Cloth boards are rubbed edge worn, inside hinges are sound. Clean internally apart from a name and date neatly written on the front free endpaper.

Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier. The novel depicts an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, before discovering that both he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character.  A bestseller which has never gone out of print, Rebecca sold 2.8 million copies between its publication in 1938 and 1965. It has been adapted numerous times for stage and screen, including a 1939 play by du Maurier herself, the film Rebecca (1940), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the 2020 remake directed by Ben Wheatley for Netflix. The story is also a successful musical production.  The novel is remembered for the character Mrs Danvers, the West Country estate Manderley, and its opening line: "Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again."