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Du Maurier, Daphne. The Apple Tree: A Short novel and some stories. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1952.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Small inscription written by the previous owner. Publication of 264 pages. There is light gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks. There are minor marks on the block of the book. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Du Maurier, Daphne. The Apple Tree: A Short novel and some stories. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1952.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small inscription written by the previous owner. Publication of 264 pages. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks on the spine. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Daphne Du Maurier. The Apple Tree, A Short Novel and Some Stories. Victor Gollancz Limited, 1952.
Price: US$33.36 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1952. 3rd Impression. 264 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to spine. Stain to front board.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Daphne Du Maurier. The Apple Tree. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1952.
Price: US$43.15 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1952. No Edition Remarks. 264 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Front flap of dust jacket stuck to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Pen inscription to front flap. Tape and foxing overall.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Du Maurier, Daphne. THE APPLE TREE - A Short novel and some stories. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1952.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Publication of 264 pages. the dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, minor closed tears and foxing on both the inner and outer part of the jacket. The boards are in good condition. There is foxing on the block of the book and on the early and last pages, little within the body of the book. There are minor ink marks on page 10 and 11. The text remains legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. R*2024/04/20 GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$74.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London. Victor Gollancz. 1952, First Printing. No other editions mentioned. Hard Cover. Pale red boards with minor dampstain to bottom edge and darkened gilt spine titles. One or two marks to the front matter; fairly minor. Corners sharp and spine ends minimally bumped. Foxing to fore edge of text block. Decorative green dust wrapper with apple blossom. Creasing and fraying at the head of the spine. Corners knocked and frayed a little. Small closed tear to the rear of the head of the spine. Top edge also a little worn. Overall this copy presents as an attractive copy when protected in mylar. A collection of six short stories. It includes the first appearance of 'The Birds,' which was used as the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same name. The other stories in the book are: Monte Verita, The Apple Tree, The Little Photographer, Kiss Me Again Stranger, and The Old Man.
Seller: Libris Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
Daphne Du Maurier. The Apple Tree. London: Victor Gollancz, 1952.
Price: US$89.41 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: first edition, first printing; 264 pp., Hardcover, fine in a very good dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. The first edition of the first book to contain the short story The Birds, later to inspire the film by Alfred Hitchcock. Very good in very good unclipped dust jacket with fabulous cover art.Rare in this condition. Hardback. With dj.
Seller: Treasure House Books, Franschhoek, WCAPE, South Africa
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Very good, with foxing to the foredge in good dustjacket with wear to corners abnd edges. Includes the first appearance of The Birds - the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
Price: US$99.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. First edition. Corners/spine ends slightly bumped. Pen scribble on last text page and endpage. Price sticker on fep. Firm and square. The DJ in mylar is mildly edgeworn, clear tape repairs to verso at spine ends and at two closed edge tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Daphne du Maurier. The Apple Tree.. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1952.
Price: US$100.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Scarce first edition, dj has a closed tear on the front cover and has small pieces missing on the spine & rear, more photos on request,
Seller: VANESSA PARKER RARE BOOKS, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
Price: US$205.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1952 first edition. Size 12mo, 7.25" tall, 264 pages. Red hard cover with gilt title to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, spotting to edge of page block, previous owner's name to front paste-down, offsetting on end-papers, pages are a little toned otherwise clean. Dust jacket condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed and slightly creased, small chip at front lower fold of jacket, a bit age toned, spine sunned, not price clipped. This book includes the first publication of "The Birds" immortalised in film by Alfred Hitchcock
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$256.65 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. Includes the first appearance of The Birds - the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
Price: US$1642.08 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An incredibly unique acquisition.Victor Gollancz Publishers London 1952 ,264 pp.First UK Edition; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author.A nice copy of this collection of short stories, including "The Birds", the basis for the classic Hitchcock film; by the author of "Rebecca", "My Cousin Rachel", this book very scarce in collectible condition, particularly signed. This copy is in very good condition. All items are guaranteed to be 100% authentic. Returns: 14 day money back guarantee if item is Unsatisfactory to Buyers standards.
Seller: Miramar Antiques Art and Books Co. SL, MADRID, MAD, Spain
Price: US$2245.71 + shipping
Description: [Macabre/Strange tales] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.264. Publisher's red cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Val Biro, priced at 10/6. With author's inscription to the title page: For Roy. With best wishes / from / Daphne du Maurier / 1988. Edges spotted, bright jacket with some vintage tape strips to reverse side. A very good copy, housed in an apple-green cloth clamshell box. A short novel and several long stories including 'The Birds', which was famously filmed by Hitchcock in 1963. A superb collection from a master of thrillers.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$3785.63 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Gollancz in 1952. A very good book without inscriptions in a very good unclipped wrapper with a little wear to the head of the spine. Contains the short story 'The Birds'. Accompanying the book is the original agreement between Victor Gollancz and Daphne Du Maurier. The document relates to Du Maurier's anthology The Apple Tree which was originally published by Gollancz in the United Kingdom in 1952. The collection of short stories included The Birds which served as the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same name, released in 1963. It was also in this year that Du Maurier's collection was republished under its current title of The Birds and Other Stories. Doubleday published the novelettes in America under the title Kiss Me Again, Stranger. The typescript document is a Memorandum of Agreement between Du Maurier and the publishers Victor Gollancz Limited and relates to a collection of short stories by the author entitled The Apple Tree. The agreement comprising twelve clauses, details the terms of copyright and exclusive licence for Victor Gollancz Ltd, to publish the work in the English language throughout the British Commonwealth and Empire and the rest of the world, excluding the United States of America. The document further states that the work will be published within six months of the date of the agreement at a price of 10s 6d and that a royalty of 17.5% will be paid to Du Maurier for all sold copies of the original English edition and royalties of 10% and 7.5% for cheaper editions, also detailing conditions regarding remainders and agreeing to send Du Maurier six presentation copies of the work on the first day of publication. The pages of the document are neatly stapled together at the head and pinned to the agreement are three additional unsigned typed memorandum notes, dated between 1953-60 and concerning alterations to royalty payments, an agreement with Doubledays for a Canadian edition etc., and also including a T.L.S. by a representative of Curtis Brown Ltd., Du Maurier's literary agents, one page, 8vo, Covent Garden, London, 4th June 1952, to Victor Gollancz, reminding him that Du Maurier's short stories 'must not be published in Canada until after Doubleday's publication date, which is the end of February 1953.' Du Maurier, at the conclusion, and further signed twice with her initials D du M at the foot of two pages, three pages, folio, n.p. (London?), 21st July 1952. Accompanied by the original envelope. An important document with the addition of the book itself and the basis for one of Hitchcock's most important films.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom