A rose for Winter
by Lee, Laurie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Book condition)/Very Good (Jacket Condition)
- Seller
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hogarth Press, 1955. Book. Very Good (Book condition). Hardcover. First Edition. A very nice copy with 1" bookseller stamp to front pastedown. Slight lean to spine and minor rubbing to edges of covers. Jacket also very nice with 2 short closed tears, 1 small chip, and minor edgewear. Text clean, binding strong. [Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair.].
Synopsis
LAURIE LEE was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 1914, and was educated at Slad village school and Stroud Central School. At the age of nineteen he walked to London and then travelled on foot through Spain, where he was trapped by the outbreak of the Civil War. He later returned by crossing the Pyrenees, as described in his book As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning. In 1950 he married Catherine Polge and they had one daughter. Laurie Lee died in May 1997. In its obituary the Guardian wrote, "He has a nightingale inside him, a capacity for sensuous, lyrical precisions".
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- Bookseller
- Montreal Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 501102
- Title
- A rose for Winter
- Author
- Lee, Laurie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Book condition)
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (Jacket Condition)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
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