Laurie Lee — I Can&Apos;T Stay Long

London, Andre Deutsch, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed first edition copy of this collection of writings by Laurie Lee, signed to the title page. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece. A work by Laurie Lee, an English poet, novelist and screenwriter, who was brought up in the small village of Slad in Gloucestershire.This enchanting collection of his 'first loves and obsessions' brings together pieces including recollections of his Gloucestershire childhood, reflections on life, love and death, such as a moving report from the tragic Welsh village of Aberfan; and evocative travel writings on Tuscany, Mexico and the West Indies, amongst others, before they were transformed by mass tourism. In the publisher's cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Author's signature to title page. Near Fine . Ill.: Susan Campbell; William Thomson. Near Fine/Fine.