TITLE: Frenchman's Creek AUTHOR: Daphne Du Maurier DATE: 1941 first edition PUBLISHER: Gollancz TYPE: hardback with jacket, 206pp

DESCRIPTION: TRUE FIRST EDITION. Du Maurier's sixth novel with the dust jacket. This novel Rebecca and Jamaica Inn. This is a collectible and scarce title with the jacket, same book @ 350ukp on ebay.

The Story: Jaded by the numbing politeness of Restoration London, Lady Dona St. Columb revolts against high society. She rides into the countryside, guided only by her restlessness and her longing to escape. But when chance leads her to meet a French pirate, hidden within Cornwall's shadowy forests, Dona discovers that her passions and thirst for adventure have never been more aroused. Together, they embark upon a quest rife with danger and glory, one which bestows upon Dona the ultimate choice: sacrifice her lover to certain death or risk her own life to save him. Frenchman's Creek is the breathtaking story of a woman searching for love and adventure who embraces the dangerous life of a fugitive on the seas.

CONDITION: jacket: as shown wear to edges/ends of spine. In the centre of the spine there is a circle hole (this is a price clip), the jacket flaps are intact. The jacket has some soiling consistent with age but overall is a solid good example.

Book: inscription and date front flyleaf (25/12/1941), very minor foxing.

The book displays a noticeable forward slant.

ref: E2271 23

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