The Firstborn; SIGNED COPY

by Laurie Lee with photographs by the author

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, signed book, Signed 1st Edition, 1st Impression, Hogarth Press 1963. Signed by author to end paper 'Laurie Lee'. Slim 8vo. 11pp. plus 4 ravishing photographic illustrations by the author and featuring his wife and daughter, prefaced by a rhapsodic commentary. Very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, no ownership inscription or marks of any kind. Bound in bright gilt lettered and embossed beige cloth with one very pale fox fleck, also clipped original photo portrait pictorial dustwrapper rubbed to edges, open vertical tear to length of spine with some loss, also schipped to head and tai of spine with loss,closed tear near joint and short tear to foot of upper wrapper, light sporadic foxing, and dusting to lower as is usual, now protected by removable Mylar. A flat signed 1st Edition, 1st Impression by poet and author of the seminal Cider With Rosie, fit to grace the library of reader and collector alike.

Genres: Essays

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1963

Reviews

[Yue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Apart from some rather sexist remarks, a very good collection of essays on taking up the role as parents that screams Laurie Lee.

[Sophie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a beautiful essay. A very thoughtful gift for first time parents

[Stephen Byrne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous short story from a beautiful poet.

[Jon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Laurie Lee captures the evanescent in these lovely meditations on his daughter.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most touching piece of prose/narrative I have ever read. Beautiful.