Lee (Laurie) Cider with Rosie
£150
London, The Hogarth Press, 1959.
First edition, first impression, first issue (with piano factory mention on p.272). 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.
The first edition, first issue of this famously captivating memoir of rural life in a bygone era, as seen through the eyes of a young boy growing up in the idyllic English countryside.
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Bookseller’s small sticker to front pastedown, overall a very good copy; jacket very slightly sunned around spine but otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by John Ward.
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