Daphne Du Maurier – The Apple Tree [Containing ‘The Birds’] – First Edition 1952
£185.00
A first edition, first printing of The Apple Tree by Daphne Du Maurier, published by Gollancz, London in 1952. A very good book without inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original crimson cloth with tarnished gilt titling to the spine, fading to the spine tips – without spotting or foxing. In a similarly very good unclipped wrapper, with fading to the spine, light wear to the head of the spine and to the corners – a lovely copy
The Apple Tree is a short-story collection by Daphne du Maurier, later re-titled The Birds and Other Stories to foreground its most famous tale. The title story follows a widower haunted by the belief that his domineering wife’s spirit has returned in a gnarled apple tree. In The Birds, nature turns hostile as flocks relentlessly attack humans, capturing post-war unease and powerlessness. The collection blends psychological horror, the uncanny, and du Maurier’s signature atmospheric tension.
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A first edition, first printing of The Apple Tree by Daphne Du Maurier, published by Gollancz, London in 1952. A very good book without inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original crimson cloth with tarnished gilt titling to the spine, fading to the spine tips – without spotting or foxing. In a similarly very good unclipped wrapper, with fading to the spine, light wear to the head of the spine and to the corners – a lovely copy
The Apple Tree is a short-story collection by Daphne du Maurier, later re-titled The Birds and Other Stories to foreground its most famous tale. The title story follows a widower haunted by the belief that his domineering wife’s spirit has returned in a gnarled apple tree. In The Birds, nature turns hostile as flocks relentlessly attack humans, capturing post-war unease and powerlessness. The collection blends psychological horror, the uncanny, and du Maurier’s signature atmospheric tension.
