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First edition. Octavo. 446 pages.Bookplate on front free endpaper. Edges spotted. Cover slightly bumped at head and tail of spine and at two corners. Very good indeed in very good indeed, slightly spotted dustwrapper faintly faded at the spine and very slightly nicked. Rare in such a presentable dustwrapper.

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. The novel 'Rebecca', by Daphne du Maurier, begins with this evocative sentence, setting the tone for a story of romance, jealousy, and intrigue. The unnamed protagonist, a young and naive woman, marries the charismatic Maxim de Winter after a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo. Upon moving to his ancestral estate, Manderley, she confronts the pervasive influence of his late wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on long after her death.