Jamaica Inn.

DU MAURIER, Daphne.

Item Number: 132594

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1936.

First edition of Du Maurier’s classic work, adapted into the film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Octavo, bound in full morocco to mimic a gentleman’s coat with three titanium skull-shaped buttons. In near fine condition.

A period piece set in Cornwall in 1820, Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn follows a woman who moves to stay at Jamaica Inn with her Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss after the death of her mother. She quickly finds out that the inn is an unsavory place, mistrusted by the locals, and that her uncle is closely linked with a group of suspicious men who appear to be smugglers. A film adaptation of the novel was produced in 1939, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara.