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Laurie Lee greeted his daughter Jessy s arrival into the world with a small, but in his trademark style, lyrical essay, originally published in 1963. This is a republication of that enchanting essay - filling just 40 pages, and published in hardback with a soft and subtle-coloured ribbon marker. This text sums up what so many parents feel when their life slips from simply being just another person to becoming a parent. Every hope, dream and fear is beautifully laid bare in this very readable piece of prose. Some examples: She will not be suppressed too much, nor yet spoiled I hope, but taught politeness, good manners and charm - not as affected graces but as ordinary gifts to make other people happy. ...I ll give her a house full of books, with none of them closed to her, but not expect her to prefer Proust to Pam s Schooldays. Having a child alters the rights of every man, and I don t expect to live as I did without her. I am hers to be with, and hope to be what she needs, and know of no reason why I should ever desert her.
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Laurie Lee, MBE (26 June 1914 - 13 May 1997) was an English poet, novelist, and screenwriter, raised in the village of Slad. His most famous work was an autobiographical trilogy which consisted of Cider with Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning and A Moment of War.
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- PublisherUnicorn
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1906509948
- ISBN 13 9781906509941
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages40
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The Firstborn. Centenary Edition.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. London. Unicorn Press Ltd. 2014. Hard Cover. Re-issue in celebration of the author's centenary. Duo-decimo, 12mo, 7½" x 4½" [19cm x 11.4cm] approx. 38 pp. Dark red textured boards with gilt facsimile of signature to upper board and gilt titles to the spine. Cover image and endpaper motifs taken from original drawings by Laurie Lee. Cream dust wrapper with the author's artwork to both wraps. Laurie Lee greeted his daughter Jessy's arrival into the world with a small, but in his trademark style, lyrical essay, originally published in 1963 and reproduced here. Beautifully produced with ribbon marker. Book and jacket are fine except for a tiny crease at the head of the dust jacket. Facsimile signature to the text. The wraps will be covered with a 100 micron inert archival protective wrap which is removable. Seller Inventory # YR3SEP04003
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