The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1969
The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1969] DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY
1st U.S. printing with jacket price of $5.95 on front panel.
Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.
Dust jacket has a bit of wear and tear to edges. but otherwise in tact and reasonably attractive. Now housed in a new HQ Brodart jacket protector.
Book itself is very good. Clean boards with a bit of a lean to binding. Reads nicely!
Set in the wilds near Cornwall's sea-tossed coastline, The House on the Strand concerns a young man's experiments with hallucinogenic drugs and his travels back and forth in time to the mysteries of 14th century England.
Gradually growing more involved in the lives and emotions of the early Cornish manor lords and their ladies, he finds his own life pale in comparison and the presence of his American wife and stepsons a hindrance to his new-found existence. This ancient/modern Gothic tale will grip the reader until the last surprising twist in Daphne du Maurier's intricately-woven plot of today and yesterday.