Echoes From the Macabre: Selected Stories
by Daphne Du Maurier
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1976. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A very smart copy of this collection of short stories from English writer, Daphne Du Maurier. First thus. A collection of eight short stories showing how compellingly the author can build a sense of mystery and suspense, and sometimes terror. Includes: The Birds, Don't Look Now, The Apple Tree, The Blue Lenses, and Not After Midnight. Written by Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, an English novelist, biographer and playwright. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear only. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also very smart with minor wear to the extremities and light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 901T10
- Title
- Echoes From the Macabre: Selected Stories
- Author
- Daphne Du Maurier
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Echoes Macabre Selected Stories Macabre
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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