Du Maurier, George

The Young George Du Maurier A Selection of His Letters, 1860-67

Hardcover, Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday & Company, 1952. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Edited by Daphne du Maurier. "The letters of George du Maurier covering this period were written to his mother (daughter of the beautiful and notorious Mary Anne Clarke who had ignited a royal scandal in her liason with the Duke of York) , to Emma Wightwick, who was to become his wife, and to his closest friend, Thomas Armstrong." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Text block is slightly pulled away from spine head. Tiny bumps on bottom corners and spine ends. Tiny dent on head edge of front board. Light foxing on head edge, pages are lightly tanned. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has moderate edge and shelf wear. Price-clipped. Tiny tears on spine ends and bottom left corner of back cover. Lightly tanned on interior. Faded on spine and lightly along head edge of front cover. Thin black rub along spine. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages. [Item #70770]

Price: $30.00