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

  

CURRENTLY ALL BOOKS INCLUDING THIS ONE ARE IN STORAGE BUT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AGAIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FOR SALE A RARE 1ST EDITION HARDBACK COPY OF "CIDER WITH ROSIE" BY LAURIE LEE. PUBLISHED BY THE HOGARTH PRESS, LONDON, 1959. THIS BOOK IS 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THIS EXTRACT WAS LATER WITHDRAWN FROM OTHER EDITIONS.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 THROUGHOUT BY JOHN WARD WHO ALSO DESIGNED THE COVER. THIS HARDBACK BOOK IS IN VERY 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 AND CLEAN WITH NONE MISSING. ALL IN ALL A WONDERFUL BOOK IN EXCELLENT CONDITION (LIKE NEW). THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS BOOK ARE AS FOLLOWS:- (REST TO FOLLOW SHORTLY). This item is in the category "Books, Comics & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectable".

The seller is "books-of-interest" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.

1. Personalised: Yes
2. Binding: Hardback
3. Modification Description: Very Rare \
4. Place of Publication: London
5. Non-Fiction Subject: Literature, Poetry & Criticism
6. Signed: No
7. Publisher: Hogarth Press
8. Modified Item: Yes
9. Weight: Unknown
10. Year Printed: 1959
11. Original/Facsimile: Original
12. Language: English
13. Illustrator: John Ward
14. Fiction Subject: Classic Literature
15. Special Attributes: Very Rare \
16. Original/Reproduction: Original
17. Region: Europe
18. Author: Laurie Lee
19. Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
20. Character Family: Cider With Rosie