Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca, 1938 - First Edition, First Impression - Manderley-Inspired Painted Morocco Binding Antique Bird Prints Umberto Brunelleschi

Umberto Brunelleschi

in their original pictorial dust jackets

This series was inspired by popular works like Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels and aimed to provide high-quality illustrations alongside informative text

He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society which gave him access to the best collections and libraries in London

and the overwhelming advantage in manpower

Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca, 1938 - First Edition, First Impression - Manderley-Inspired Painted Morocco Binding Antique Bird Prints Umberto BrunelleschiDU MAURIER, DAPHNE. Rebecca. First Edition, First Impression, 1938. Painted Manderley Design Binding. DU MAURIER, Daphne. Rebecca. London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1938. First edition, first impression. Octavo. Finely rebound in a remarkable full black morocco design binding, with a continuous painted pictorial composition extending across both boards. Against a dark ground, bands of deep blue, crimson, orange and gold sweep across the covers like