Daphne Du Maurier — Mary Anne

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Daphne du Maurier's curious historical romance, telling the real life story of a love affair between her great-great-grandmother and Prince Frederick. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A brilliant historical romance by Daphne du Maurier, in which she accounts the love affair of her great-great-grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke, with Frederick Augustus, the Duke of York and Albany.Augustus was the younger brother of George IV, heir presumptive to George from the death of their father in 1820, until his own death in 1827.The two had an affair from 1803 to 1808, Augustus setting her up at a fashionable residence in Gloucester Place in Marylebone. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with some light marks to the cloth. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Dust wrapper is edge worn, with small chips and closed tears, heavier to the spine. Light handling marks and spots to the wraps. Spine is age-toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.