Laurie Lee — Cider with Rosie

London, The Hogarth Press , 1959 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this delightful and popular autobiographical novel by Laurie Lee, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. With the issue point of 'a fire at the piano-works almost every year' on page 272. This was removed from later impressions as the result of a libel. The autobiographical work is based on the author's experiences growing up in the small village of Slad, Gloucestershire. 'Cider with Rosie' was the first of a trilogy, following by 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning' and 'A Moment of War&apos. Written by English novelist Laurie Lee, who is best known for this popular work. Illustrated by English portrait artist and illustrator, John Stanton Ward. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minor bumping to the extremities. Light spotting to fore edge and endpapers. Dust wrapper is sound, with chipping causing loss to the head of the spine and a little to the extremities. Light rubbing to wrap joints and sunning to the spine. The odd closed tear to panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean, with light spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: John Ward. Very Good Indeed/Good.