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Cider with Rosie
by Laurie Lee
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 8.5" by 6". John Ward. A first edition, first impression of a delightful and best-selling autobiographical novel by Laurie Lee, complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. Based on the author's experiences growing up in the small village of Slad, Gloucestershire, this work was the first of a trilogy, following by 'As I Walked Our One Midsummer Morning' and 'A Moment of War'.Written by Laurie Lee (1914-1997), an English novelist best known for this popular work.The first edition, first impression, with issue points 'a fire at the piano-works almost every year' on page 272. This was removed from later impressions as the result of a libel.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.With the ownership inscription of David Esdaile dated 1960 to the front endpaper.A true first edition of this popular autobiographical work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, with just a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is worn with loss to the head and tail of the spine, a closed tear to the head of the front board and wear to the front fly leaf resulting in a tear to the front board. Ownership inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
Laurie Lee was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 1914, and was educated at Slad village school and Stroud Central School. In his teens Lee had already began to write poems. He had met two sisters who encouraged him in his writing aspirations. At the age of nineteen he walked to London and then travelled on foot through Spain, where he was trapped by the outbreak of the Civil War. He later returned by crossing the Pyrenees, as described in his book As I Walked Out one Midsummer Morning . During World War II he made documentary films for the General Post Office film unit (1939-40), and the Crown Film Unit (1941-43). From 1944 to 1946 he worked as an editor at the Ministry of Information Publications. In 1950 he married Catherine Polge and they had one daughter. He died in May 1997.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 792R54
- Title
- Cider with Rosie
- Author
- Laurie Lee
- Illustrator
- John Ward
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- Cider with Rosie Laurie Lee Modern Fiction Slad Laurie Lee
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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