Object number
2010/46
Title
Cider with Rosie,
Collection
Creator
Description
This is a hardback first edition of 'Cider with Rosie', written by Laurie Lee (1914–1997) and published by The Hogarth Press in 1959. It has drawings by John Ward. ‘Cider with Rosie’ is the first of an autobiographic trilogy and recounts the author’s childhood in the village of Slad, Gloucestershire, in the period after World War I and the disappearance of traditional village life. This object was deaccessioned and reaccessioned into the University of Reading Library. Please note that this object no longer forms part of the Museum of English Rural Life collection and cannot be accessed at our institution.
Physical description
Book: deaccessioned
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: Hard-back book ‘Cider with Rosie’ by Laurie Lee. With dust jacket. // First edition, published by the Hogarth Press, 1959. // With drawings by John Ward. // 280 pages. // Dimensions: 14 x 20.5 x 2.7 cm. // Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // References: …'
Production place
Slad, Greater London [region]
Production date
1959 - 1959
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