Rebecca (First Modern Library Edition, ML #227.1) by du MAURIER, Daphne - 1943

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library Edition, 1943 (confirmed by list of titles at rear of book). A reprint edition of Daphne du Maurier's famous 1938 novel, which is the story of young woman who marries a wealthy widower, only to learn that he and his household staff are still captivated by the memory of his first wife, whose name was Rebecca. This work was made into a highly-regarded movie in 1940, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. ML #227.1. --- With sunned spine and dulling to cover gilding, else a tightly-bound, well-preserved copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; [8], 457, [6, ads] pages .