Rebecca by Daphne Maurier, Signed (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. edge wear to boards and spine; wartime printing. paper is tanned. facsimile signature on the half-title. Ancient, beautiful Manderley, between the rose garden and the sea, is the county's showpiece. Rebecca made it so - even a year after her death, Rebecca's influence still rules there. How can Maxim de Winter's shy new bride ever fill her place or escape her vital shadow?A shadow that grows longer and darker as the brief summer fades, until, in a moment of climatic revelations, it threatens to eclipse Manderley and its inhabitants completely. Signed.

Paris, au moulin de Pen-mur, 1946. 2 vol. in-12, 255 pp. + 270 pp., en feuilles, couverture originale illustrée, chemises et étui cartonnés de l'éditeur (quelques petites taches). Nouvelle édition du roman de Daphné Du Maurier, illustrée de 55 lithographies en couleurs de Dehay. Un des 8 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil des papeteries du Marais, deuxième papier, enrichi d'un dessin original hors texte, signé par l'artiste, de deux culs-de-lampe également signés, d'une suite en couleurs et une décomposition. Voir photographie(s) / See picture(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint edition hardcover without a dustjacket. Ex-library copy with typical marks. Exterior is rubbed and spine discolored. Photo requests encouraged. Interior is very clean with author's signature on half-title page. Text is clean and clear. Edges are generally square with light bumps to exterior edges. Binding is strong and solid with hinges loosened and partially split. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. SIGNED by Daphne Du Maurier on half-tilte page (signature only). Maroon boards with silver decorated band around mid-section with some rubbing. Early American Printing as title page has 1938 date in Roman Numerals, while copyright page states 1938; 'CL' on copyright page but lacks first edition statement so believed to be 2nd US printing. Dark blue/balck topstain faded; page age-toning; start of some hinge cracking at spine of title page. 457 pages. Lacks original dustjacket but comes with a fine facsimile dustjacket of first printing. From the wonderful 1940 Alfred Hitchcock film version of novel: Attached to half-title page is a album page SIGNED by LAURENCE OLIVIER (played 'Maxim de Winter'). Attached to front end page is a bookplate SIGNED by JOAN FONTAINE (played 'Mrs. de Winter') and another photo-card SIGNED by JUDITH ANDERSON (played 'Mrs. Danvers'). Laid-in is a samll B&W photo SIGNED and inscribed by REGINALD DENNY (played 'Frank Crawley'). (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned VG/VG 1st US Printing hardcover copy of Du Maurier's novel "Mary Anne". Unique copy for the Du Maurier--Rebecca fan or collector. Note: No International orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

1940 RPT JACKET WEAR TEAR REPAIRED, SIGNED INSCRIPTION AUTHOR TITLE PAGE.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Daphne du Maurier on publisher's tipped in sheet. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth with silver wrap-around band printed in navy blue; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light wear, toning to pages.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Daphne du Maurier on a Book Society bookplate with "Rebecca" printed above her name. Bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light lean to spine, light fading to spine cloth with dulling to gilt lettering there. Foxing mainly to textblock edge and pages toned. The first British edition of the author's best known work.

HARDCOVER. Condition: NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: POOR. LIMITED EDITION. USA: GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING, 1940. LIMITED EDITION. NEAR FINE/POOR. USA: GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING, 1940. LIMITED EDITION. NEAR FINE/POOR. USA: GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING, 1940. LIMITED EDITION. NEAR FINE/POOR. SIGNED. GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING COMPANY, USA, 1940, hardcover, limited edition following the movie based on the book, SIGNED BY DU MAURIER AND THE STARS OF THE MOVIE JOAN FONTAINE AND LAWRENCE OLIVIER, book is near fine condition with minimal shelf wear and the jacket was removed and stored inside book so in Poor condition in two pieces but intact, a rare and collectible copy of this classic book, very small writing on inside front bookplate and FEP ' Christmas 1940 from Crete, Parm and Kenneth' along with previous owner name ' Frances I. Knuppenburger - 1940' all unobtrusive else unmarked, unclipped jacket and states ' This is copy 423252 of Rebecca' .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Gollancz, 1938. First Edition. 446pp. Book is tight, with some softness to the spine, and some expected bumps given its age. There is a signed former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Faint pen mark on page 446. Dust Wrapper has loss and color fade on spine, but very good and uncommon in such condition. Housed in a custom case. LAID IN SIGNATURE with Photo. A very collectible copy of Du Maurier's most famous novel, which was successfully adapted for film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940, and went on to win an Oscar. Rebecca was A National Book Award winner in 1938, voted the UK's favorite book of the last 225 years in 2017 (beating out To Kill a Mockingbird, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, among other notable titles). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by Daphne du Maurier. A magnificent dustjacket that is vibrant in color with light chipping to the spine and minor wear to the edges. This original First Issue dustjacket has the $2.75 price present on the front flap. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author and housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. We buy Daphne Du Maurier First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Du Maurier, Daphne. REBECCA. A Play In Three Acts. London: Victor Gollanz Ltd, 1940. First Edition, first and only printing, 1939 copyright date on the verso of the title. 7 ½" by 4 ½", 120pp. A Near Fine copy (black cloth with a paper label to the spine, the slightest abrasion to the boards) in a Near Fine unrestored entirely original dust jacket (tiny bit of creasing to the spine panel tip else remarkably complete. The DJ has a clip to the front flap; but it's likely not a price clip as the only other dust jacket image we've ever seen of this exceedingly scarce book had no printed price. REBECCA, the author's most famous work, was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, and remains one of the most highly acclaimed films of its era. Rebecca's wildly popular 1938 psychological thriller of a woman's obsession with her husband's first wife likely may have encouraged Daphne du Maurier in 1939 to pen her own adaption of it as a three act play, It premiered in early 1940 with Celia Johnson and Margaret Rutherford in the leading roles, and played for six months and 350+ performances at the Queen's Theatre in London's West End until the theater was bombed to bits on September 7th, 1940, during one of the single most deadly air conflicts of the Battle of Britain . THIS COPY HAS DAPHNE DU MAURIER'S PERSONAL SIGNED EX-LIBRIS BOOKPLATE on the front paste-down (the same bookplate one very occasionally finds in the 1938 First Edition of the novel). BUT IT IS ALSO INSCRIBED on the title: "To Clive Hirschhorn/ from/ Daphne du Maurier/ 1989." Hirschhorn was the theater critic for the British Sunday Express. Rebecca, the novel, had a first print run of 20,000 copies. This printing of her theatrical adaptation appears to have had a tiny print run making this volume far more difficult to find in comparison. More so, in this superb condition, even more so with her signed bookplate, especially with a personal inscription to a known colleague. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition of du Maurier's masterpiece which was later made into the Oscar-winning 1940 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front pastedown on slip, "Yours sincerely Daphne Du Maurier" on the front pastedown. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with expert restoration and retouching. An exceptional example, uncommon in the original dust jacket and signed. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me". These famous opening lines later became one of the most famous opening words ever recorded in Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-winning 1940 film of the same name. Rebecca is certainly Du Maurier's most famous novel and one that many others after her attempted to imitate, as a resurgence of romantic mystery novels came soon after its publication. The Mystery Writers of America have named Rebecca among the top ten Mystery Novels of All Time.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. 446. First edition, first printing. Includes original The Book Society bookplate, specifically created for this edition of 'Rebecca' and signed by the author, Daphe Du Maurier. There are very few available copies with the original bookplate, not to mention signed. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with the book's title stamped in gilt. With original dust-jacket, very rare. In very good condition, The dust-jacket shows very light signs of shelf-wear, with very slight tearing at the top of the spine, and very small markings on spine and back of cover. The spine, however, is noticeably faded. Light foxing inside but pages are unmarked, clean and uncreased, with tight binding. Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier. The novel depicts an unnamed young woman who 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. 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, and the film Rebecca (1940), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The book looks like it was originally owned by Joan Henry, an English author and former débutante; she was jailed for passing a fraudulent cheque in 1951 and her best-known works were based on her experiences in prison, the semi-autobiographical Who Lie in Gaol. Bertrand Russell, who was very fond of her, was her mother's first cousin. Her unusual name and her future connections to the publisher Gollancz seem to prove that this was indeed her copy - however we should mention that we could not find any recorded sample of her handwriting which could help us make comparisons with the ownership signature on the bookplate. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier Victor Gollancz, London. 1938 first UK edition first printing. Signed presentation inscription from the author to her governess "Tod, with love from Daphne. July 1938" to front free endpaper, light marginal toning and some foxing, upper hinge tinder, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light fading to spine, spine with short split to head and fraying to foot, joints rubbed, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, neatly repaired tear to head of upper panel, light creasing to head, extremities rubbed. A superb association copy inscribed from the author to her favourite governess in the month prior to publication. Signed copies of Rebecca are rare, we can only trace a handful at auction, we can find no like association copy. Maud Waddell worked as one of several governesses for the Du Maurier children and she is now regarded as having had an important formative influence on Daphne in particular. Waddell (or, "Tod" as she was nicknamed by the children after the Beatrix Potter character) was a strong, independently-minded woman who instilled in Du Maurier a passion for reading and encouraged her early writing. Writing in her memoirs, Du Maurier recounts some early influences from Waddell's recommendations: "Wilde filled my reading hours, but a more lasting impression was made by the stories of Katherine Mansfield, introduced to me by Tod who had a brother in New Zealand, and I felt instinctively that if I could only one day in the distant future write some sketch that might compare, however humbly, to hers, I need not despair." . Waddell later became a close friend and confidant, and would even serve as governess for Du Maurier's own children many years later. - Du Maurier, Myself When Young: The Shaping of a Writer, 1977. This is the must have book for serious collectors. Inscribed by Author.