Laurie Lee — Cider with Rosie

London, The Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. 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&apos.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 . Ill.: John Ward. Very Good Indeed/Good.