Daphne du Maurier

Classics of the Macabre By Daphne du Maurier Limited edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by both Daphne du Maurier and Michael Foreman, of which this is No. 54. Original burgundy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Housed in the publisher’s dark grey cloth slipcase with a mounted colour illustration to the front. Printed on high-quality paper and issued without a dust jacket, as published. A selection of six of du Maurier’s finest tales of the strange and unsettling: Don’t Look Now, The Apple Tree, The Birds, The Blue Lenses, The Alibi, and Not After Midnight. Each story is accompanied by a full-page colour illustration by Michael Foreman. Published by Victor Gollancz, du Maurier’s long-time publisher since the 1930s, this edition was issued in 1987 — the year of her 80th birthday. It unites some of her most famous short works, some of which inspired acclaimed film adaptations: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) and Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now (1973). A fine copy, clean and bright throughout. Binding tight and unfaded. Slipcase very good indeed, showing a little minor rubbing in places.