Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee, Signed (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Not price clipped and without inscriptions. SIGNED by Author on title page without dedication.Some fading to wrapper spine. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. 1st Edition Thus 1983. Includes a Hand Written and Signed letter from Laurie Lee from 1967 with the book. A new publication by Penguin. Known as permanent Penguin. Soft limp linen covers. Soft bound Book is near fine and very bright. Uncommon. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14350. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. About the book: Hardcover, no jacket, as issued. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by author on title page. Book is in fine condition. Additional photos available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Each of the novels signed by Laurie Lee. Boxed set of four novels. ---------- Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: 4" X 7". Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 1st Edition 1984. Includes a Hand Written and Signed letter from Laurie Lee from 1967 with the book. New Illustrated Edition. Never issued with a wrapper. Book is very good+ with a little rubbing to spine tips. Light marking to cloth. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. RefA1234. Signed by Author(s).

Original Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Reprinted, January 1971 (Eleventh imp.). Sm 8vo (20.5cm). In the John Ward designed clipped dust jacket, but with publisher's original printed price (£1.50) above clip, housed in a removable sleeve. With Ward's illustrations. Jocularly inscribed on flyleaf by Lee to Peter Spurrier (1942-2005), onetime Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary at the Royal College of Arms, noted in bookseller's pencilled notes to flyleaf. Boards clean and sound, minor vertical crease to spine, lightly bumped lower front tip. Jacket with minor fingering to hd of spine, else a bright and sharp example. Internally fine, a firm sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Ward (illustrator). First Edition. Not price clipped and without inscriptions. First Printing of the Scarce Blue Variant Boards with Piano Works on Page 272. SIGNED by Author on title page wiithout dedication. Very Scarce item with red Book Society band. ! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Not price clipped and without inscripions. SIGNED on book without dedication. Original First Edition with Piano works on page 272 aer withdrawn. A Superb copy! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Ward (illustrator). 1st Edition. A very special copy inscribed to author and poet Chris Challis (1946-1997) who was awarded a Doctorate for his research into Quest for Kerouac and The Beat Generation. Inscribed on the dedication page "To Chris with salutations! from Laurie Lee Slaad 1969". Book also contains a collectible photograph of Chris Challis with his girlfriend Heather Anderson. In green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Edge wear particularly to spine ends. Page block edge foxed. Endpapers back and front are foxed and spotted. Original bookseller label on front paste down. Pages toned. Other than the aforementioned inscription, there are no further pen marks or inscriptions. Not ex-lib. Binding tight. Unclipped dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve has edge wear to spine ends and corners. Small tear bottom front. Please examine all seller photos. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Ward, John (illustrator). Reprint. Paperback. Original car wraps. Inscribed, dated & signed by the author. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CARD COVERS, HALF TITLE PRESENT, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 6 x 4 INCHES. VERY SLIGHT BROWNING TO PAGE MARGINS BUT OVERALL AN EXCELLENT NEAR FINE COPY & SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. Actually the 1973 edition in the pictorial dust jacket, DJ has some spotting to spine, it is not price clipped and is now in a mylar protective sleeve. Inscribed on ffep "for Graham, Prince of youth and shadows. from Laurie, with admiration. Spring 1976. Graham being the Ruralist Artist Graham Ovenden. also signed on titlw page Laurie Lee. Graham & Laurie were close friends a nice association copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ward, John (illustrator). 1978 reprint of first edition (1959). In olive green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. 280pp, with numerous line drawings by John Ward. Signed by Laurie Lee on the dedication page. 8vo. Cloth a little bruised at ends of a mildly sunned spine. Spotted on upper text block edge. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper, just mildly bumpoed along upper edge and hint of rub on corners, spine moderately faded. Dust jacket now protected an in archival-quality Mylar wrapper fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. A very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated With Photographs (illustrator). Reprint. Beautifully illustrated, signed 'To Lynne with best wishes Laurie Lee 84' to the title page. Cider with Rosie puts on record the England we have traded for the petrol engine. Recalling life in a remote Cotswold village some eighty years ago, Laurie Lee conveys the semi-peasant spirit of a thousand-year-old tradition. Signed and inscribed. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. With drawings by John Ward. (illustrator). Signed by Author on front free endpaper. There is a note tipped-in saying how the person knew the author. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased and torn along top edge, else very good copy. 280 p. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. John Ward (illustrator). Reprint. Reprint 1965. Signed by author to endpaper. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Contents good. Pages edges age toned. The wrapper is very good and bright. Small chip to spine tip. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17212. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. SECOND IMPRESSION PUBLISHED IN THE SAME YEAR AS THE FIRST EDITION, HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKET PRICED AT 18s. NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FULL PAGE AND AMONG TEXT, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO FRONT ENDPAPER. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 280 PAGES. SOME BROWNING & RUBBING TO SPINE OF JACKET WITH MINOR CHIPS AT TOP & BOTTOM, MINOR WEAR & MARKS TO CLOTH COVER, SOME FOXING TO ENDPAPERS & PAGE FORE-EDGES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH TEXT PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st Edition 1992. Rare Signed inscription from the Author at is home in Slad. The Omnibus Edition Red Sky at Sunrise - Comprising the Trilogy Cider With Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning and A Moment of War. Book and wrapper are near fine and very bright. A nice example. More images can be taken upon request. RefA1234. Signed by Author(s).

[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. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A near fine copy of the book in similar wrapper with a minor rub at crown. 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.

[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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. All three first editions, first impressions with full number line including 1, where called for. Cider With Rosie: Hogarth Press, 1959: Condition: Fine: first printing with the reference to the annual fire at the piano factory on page 272; very clean and bright original binding with firm spine tips and sharp corners to boards; no previous owner's marks; signed by the author in blue ink to the title page without dedication; very clean and tight end papers and text block with no spotting or sunning. Dust jacket condition: Fine: attractive wraparound jacket design and line drawings by John Ward. No browning or fading to the spine and no losses, tears, nicks or scuffs; not price clipped (18s). As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, Andre Deutsch, 1969. Condition: Fine: very clean and straight original cloth binding with firm spine tips and sharp corners to the boards; nine letter Pom to top edge of fep; drawings by Leonard Rosoman; signed by the author to the half-title page without dedication; very clean and tight text block with no spotting or sunning. Dust jacket condition: Fine: not priced clipped (30s/£1.50). A Moment of War: Viking/Penguin, London, 1991: Condition: Fine: Full number line including 1; cover illustration: Keith Bowen. Signed by the author to the title page without dedication. Dust jacket condition: Fine: not price clipped (£14.95). Additional postage will be needed for this set of three books, as the carriage quoted by Abe is just for one book. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very scarce Uncorrected Proof and the only one we have ever seen! No inscriptions and issued without Jacket. SIGNED by Authot on title page without dedication, A Unique item. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing hardback in unclipped dustjacket with the rare wraparound band. Signed by the author on the title page with no other inscriptions. Book in VG+ condition, jacket with just a bot of wear at the top of the spine and corners. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Scans available on request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HARDBACK - A very good book bound in the publisher's green boards with gilt lettering to the spine.There ispushing to the spine tips, but the green cloth boards are cleanand fresh. There is toning, also faint foxing spots to the page block, but with no signs of foxing to the inner text. Inscribed by the author to the front endpaper.INSCRIBED FOR / AMANDA GRAY / BY THE AUTHOR / FIFTEEN YEARS LATER / 21.5.75. Also signed by the author to the title page. There is a previous contemporary inscription to the front end paper. The dust wrapper is also in very good condition with shallow chipping to the spine tips and to the corners of the front and rear flap folds. a little toning to the spine, but with no other loss or tears. Neatly price clipped. Included with the book is the scarce Book Society Choice wrap around band that is complete with just a hint of fading to the spine, but with no loss. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by The Hogarth Press, London in 1959. The correct first issue with the mention of 'a fire at the piano-works almost every year' to page 272. This was subsequently removed in later printings. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Original green boards with gilt titling to the spine. A hint of pushing at the spine ends. Some light toning and spotting to the text-block. A neat previous owner's penned name and date to the top and bottom of the front blank end-paper. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. It is the correct first issue. Slight loss at the spine ends and corners. A little light rubbing in places. Mild toning to the spine and upper flap edges. The John Ward wrapper artwork looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the front blank end-paper. The first title in Laure Lee's acclaimed trilogy. (S. Oliver-Jones A10). Scarce with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Diana, with all best wishes, Laurie Lee, 1987". It is here in a lovely example of the dust jacket, retaining the publisher's scarce wraparound band advertising it as a Book Society Choice. Lee's famous work presents "a highly evocative and nostalgic account of his country boyhood in a secluded Cotswold valley" (Birch & Hooper, p. 403). The Hogarth Press commissioned it ten years prior to publication. Lee was finally galvanized into writing it after receiving the "editorial director Norah Smallwood's offer to pay him 'to give up all other work and get on with it'" (Grove, p. 289). Dinah Birch & Katy Hooper, Oxford Concise Companion to English Literature, 2013; Valerie Grove, Laurie Lee: the Well-Loved Stranger, 2000. Octavo. Frontispiece and line drawings in the text by John Ward. Original green boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket, and the publisher's pink wraparound band. Spine ends gently bumped, foxing to edges and outer leaves; jacket presenting sharp, faint hint of sunning to spine, one repaired short closed tear, occasional tiny wear subtly restored, unclipped: a very good copy in near-fine jacket.

First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the half title. The book had been commissioned by the Hogarth Press ten years prior to its publication, with Lee finally galvanized into writing it after receiving the "editorial director Norah Smallwood's offer to pay him 'to give up all other work and get on with it'." Lee's price was "what seemed to her the astonishingly small sum of £500" (Grove, p. 289). Valerie Grove, Laurie Lee: the Well-Loved Stranger, 2000. Octavo. Frontispiece and line drawings in text, including some full-page, all by John Ward. Original green boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket by John Ward. Spine ends and corners bumped, small mark to fore edge; jacket unclipped, extremities rubbed, loss to foot of spine and insect damage to folds: a near-fine copy in good jacket.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Laurie Lee on the half title page. Bound in publisher's original green cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear to spine ends, small stain to top textblock edge. Foxing to textblock edge, preliminary and terminal sheets, and pages toned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear and toning, foxing to the blindside. A lovely copy.