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The Edge of Day: a boyhood in the West of England
by Lee, Laurie (illus. John Ward)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good, 1st USA edition, brown boards, green cloth spine (some wear), missing d/j, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked thoug
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1960. 1st USA. h/b. Good, 1st USA edition, brown boards, green cloth spine (some wear), missing d/j, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked though some foxing. Ffep excused; Provenance: from library of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, FRSL. Wife's Christmas gift inscription on half title.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). The American edition of Laurie Lee's much loved memoir, Cider with Rosie. A wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie Lee depicts a world that is both immediate and real and belongs to a now-distant past.
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- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132864
- Title
- The Edge of Day: a boyhood in the West of England
- Author
- Lee, Laurie (illus. John Ward)
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st USA edition, brown boards, green cloth spine (some wear), missing d/j, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked thoug
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st USA
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 276
- Size
- 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8\"\" x
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st USA, memoir, autobiography, Lee, illustration Ward, provenance, Ondaatje
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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