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Gollancz, 1938. 1st edition. Hardcover. Original black cloth, light extremity bumping, square binding, extremely clean pages and endpapers, not a hint of foxing or other marks. An exceptionally smart, near fine first impression of the author's most famous novel, memorably filmed by Alfred Hitchcock two years later.

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.