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[Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2], blank; 280; [1], full page illustration; [3], blank. Autograph of Laurie Lee to half title. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket designed by John Ward with printed price of 18s. to front flap. With reference to the factory blaze ('to balance the books', p.272) which was subsequently removed. Illustrative frontispiece, in-text and full page illustrations throughout. Spotting to prelims and final leaves, edges toned, owner name to free endpaper, covers and jacket show some acceptable wear and soiling. Very good. Laurie Lee's autobiographical story of his childhood in a Gloucestershire village in the period just following the Great War, detailing a traditional and simple life which disappeared with developments such as motorised transport.

Cider with Rosie is a memoir by Laurie Lee, where he describes his childhood in a tranquil Cotswold village during the years following World War I. Written in a lyrical, descriptive prose, the autobiography captures the essence of rural life and the innocence of childhood.