Oriel Malet Ed (10 results)

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

First Edition. Fine copy in cloth boards, with a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 256 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects; Du Maurier, Daphne, correspondence. Authors, English, 20th century, letters. Menabilly, Cornwall. Friendship, letters. Cornwall, literary history. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover, in dust jacket. First American edition, first pritning. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The upper page edges are slightly foxed. 303 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1993 first edition hardback as new. No marks, clean and bright, tight binding, flawless blue cloth boards, like new. In its original, unclipped dust wrapper with negligible shelf wear. A lovely copy. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. A fascinating read, in an attractive dustwrapper. A delightful insight into an amazing world. A very pleasing copy. Splendid Photographs throughout (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. An excellent collection of works from English writer Daphne du Maurier, as well as a biography of the author from Margaret Forster. An excellent four volume set containing the works and biography of English novelist, biographer and playwright, Daphne du Maurier.All first editions.Three volumes in the original unclipped dust wrappers. 'Golden Lads' original dust wrapper is price clipped.Daphne du Maurier was born to actor and actress Sir Gerald du Maurier and Muriel Beaumont. Classed as a romantic novelist, her best-known works include 'Rebecca' which was adapted into a film in 1940.Although classed as a romantic novelist, her works often had sinister overtones and hints of the paranormal. Her biographies have explored figures such as Branwell Bronte, Francis Bacon and George du Maurier, her cartoonist grandfather.This set comprises:Golden Lads: A Study of Anthony Bacon, Francis, and their friends (1975) - Explores the mysterious figure Anthony Bacon, member of the powerful Bacon family family and spy during the Elizabethan era. With a colour frontispiece and numerous plates throughout.Classics of the Macabre (1987) - Contains six of du Maurier's short stories, including her best-known 'Don't Look Now'. With beautiful colour illustrations by Michael Foreman.Letters from Menabilly: Portrait of a Friendship (1993) - An intimate look at the friendship between du Maurier and Oriel Malet through letters sent from Menabilly, the du Maurier house in Cornwall. With sixteen pages of black and white illustrations.Daphne du Maurier (1993) - A biographical dive into the complex character of du Maurier and the secrets behind the facade that the writer established the more popular she became. The work explores the secret drama of her life, including her troubled marriage to 'Boy' Browning. In the original cloth bindings. In the original dust wrappers, all unclipped except for 'Golden Lads'. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Dust wrappers have minor edge wear, heaviest to 'Golden Lads'. Sunning to the spine to 'Golden Lads'. The odd mark to the wraps. Internally, all firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Michael Foreman (illustrator). book.…