Very Rare 1st Edition Hardback Of Cider With Rosie By Laurie Lee. Piano Works

  
FOR SALE A 1ST EDITION HARDBACK COPY OF " CIDER WITH ROSIE" BY LAURIE LEE. PUBLISHED BY THE HOGARTH PRESS. THIS BOOK IS IN VERY RARE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS THE FAMOUS EXTRACT ON PAGE 272 (SHOWN IN PHOTO 10) OF....... "THE FIRE AT THE PIANO WORKS".... THIS EXTRACT WAS LATER WITHDRAWN FROM ALL OTHER EDITIONS.

CIDER WITH ROSIE IS THE FIRST BOOK OF A TRILOGY ON THE ACCOUNT OF LEE'S CHILDHOOD IN THE VILLAGE OF SLAD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND, SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR. APPARENTLY THE CHARACTER'ROSIE' IN THE BOOK WAS REVEALED MANY YEARS LATER TO BE LAURIE LEE'S DISTANT COUSIN, ROSALIND BUCKLAND.

INSIDE THE BOOK OF 284 PAGES ARE MANY BEAUTIFUL BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN WARD WHO ALSO DESIGNED THE COVER. THIS HARDBACK BOOK IS IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION AND IS FREE FROM ANY MAJOR DAMAGE. ONLY SLIGHT SHELF-WEAR TO THE DUST JACKET SPINE. DUST JACKET IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. HAS NICE PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME ON INSIDE FRONT COVER PAGE. ALL PAGES ARE BRIGHT, CLEAR, CLEAN AND CRISP WITH NON MISSING, TORN OR LOOSE.

ALL IN ALL A WONDERFUL BOOK IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR THE COLLECTOR.