Hungry Hill by Daphne Du Maurier [FIRST EDITION / 1944]

FIRST EDITION? [1944] THE BLACKISTON COMPANY

Assumed to be a second print.  Missing dust jacket but tightly bound.  Cloth cover has some fading / general discoloration.   Inside reads beautifully with the exception of one single tear to top edge of title page.  

The story of a deadly curse that afflicted an Irish family for a hundred years.

The Brodricks of Clonmere gain great wealth by harnessing the power of Hungry Hill and extracting the treasure it holds. The Donovans, the original owners of Clonmere Castle, resent the Brodricks' success, and consider the great house and its surrounding land theirs by rights. For generations the feud between the families has simmered, always threatening to break into violence . . .