The King's General - Signed and Inscribed -
Daphne Du Maurier
1946 - Victor Gollancz Ltd, London - First Edition
A fine signed first edition, inscribed 'For Frieda my friend and neighbour Daphne Du Maurier'.
A fine first edition in fine and thus scarce delicate yellow Gollancz dust jacket. Inspired by a grisly discovery in the nineteenth century, The King's General was the first of du Maurier's novels to be written at Menabilly, the model for Manderley in Rebecca.
Set in the seventeenth century, it tells the story of a country and a Cornish family riven by civil war, and features one of fiction's most original heroines. Honor Harris is only eighteen when she first meets Richard Grenvile, proud, reckless - and utterly captivating. But following a riding accident, Honor must reconcile herself to a life alone.
As Richard rises through the ranks of the army, marries and makes enemies, Honor remains true to him, and finally discovers the secret of Menabilly... Dame Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was born in London, and lived mostly in Cornwall. Many of her stories – The Birds and Don’t Look Now – and novels were filmed, the most famous being Rebecca.
Provenance: Inscribed to ‘Frieda my friend and neighbour’. Booksellers stamp of G. E. Austin , Richmond, Yorkshire to front flap.
Reference: The Book Collector No.285, 30.
Octavo (book size 19x12.8cm), pp. 298 [2]. In publisher’s green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket priced ‘9/6 NET’ to spine. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket, minor wear to corners, spine gently sunned. Ref: 112403 Price: HK$ 15,000
A fine first edition in fine and thus scarce delicate yellow Gollancz dust jacket. Inspired by a grisly discovery in the nineteenth century, The King's General was the first of du Maurier's novels to be written at Menabilly, the model for Manderley in Rebecca.
Set in the seventeenth century, it tells the story of a country and a Cornish family riven by civil war, and features one of fiction's most original heroines. Honor Harris is only eighteen when she first meets Richard Grenvile, proud, reckless - and utterly captivating. But following a riding accident, Honor must reconcile herself to a life alone.
As Richard rises through the ranks of the army, marries and makes enemies, Honor remains true to him, and finally discovers the secret of Menabilly... Dame Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was born in London, and lived mostly in Cornwall. Many of her stories – The Birds and Don’t Look Now – and novels were filmed, the most famous being Rebecca.
Provenance: Inscribed to ‘Frieda my friend and neighbour’. Booksellers stamp of G. E. Austin , Richmond, Yorkshire to front flap.
Reference: The Book Collector No.285, 30.
Octavo (book size 19x12.8cm), pp. 298 [2]. In publisher’s green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket priced ‘9/6 NET’ to spine. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket, minor wear to corners, spine gently sunned. Ref: 112403 Price: HK$ 15,000