Rebecca

Bound by Hannah Brown

Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier
Illustrated by Iva Troj
Afterward by Laura Varnham
Suntup Editions, Irvine, CA, 2023
Lettered Edition - 26 Copies
5½" x 8½"

The Lettered edition is limited to 26 copies and is a full dark green goatskin binding with linen-jointed boards. The leather is Chieftain Goatskin in a custom color for this edition by J Hewit & Sons; the historic leather merchant which was founded in 1823 and continues to manufacture the finest quality leathers for bookbinding.

The binding features leather-jointed endpapers made from a combination of rose pink and ocean green Canson Mi-Teintes papers along with dark green leather for the joints. The doublures are covered in venetian red Canson Mi-Teintes paper. The top edge of the binding is ploughed and sanded flat, with the fore edge and bottom edge of the pages deckled.

A young woman working as a lady's maid in Monte Carlo is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives-presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave. Rebecca, the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her own identity, continues to cast its sinister spell on readers over 85 years later.

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