THE MILITARY ORCHID by Brooke, Jocelyn

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Military Orchid is a comic masterpiece - a blend of botany, memoir and satire; the story of Jocelyn Brooke's obsession with one flower - the Orchis Militaris, the military orchid.

The Bodley Head, 1948T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1951 pocket edtion on brown cloth

Little Toller Books, 2012. Paperback. New. new edition. 152 pages. 8.43x6.14x0.71 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: The Bodley Head, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Stephen Bone. Slim 8vo, tan cloth boards with titles on spine. 135pp with coloured frontis and other decorations by Stephen Bone. Tear to outer spine and some other edge wear. Very good + and clean inside. The first in the Orchid Trilogy. The Military Orchid is a comic masterpiece blending memoirs, satire and a love of the natural world in the search for one flower, Orchis Militaris, the military orchid.

London: The Bodley Head, 1951. Second impression hardcover, signed, dated and dedicated by the author, in good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket is marked and scuffed, and edges are creased and torn, including a few small chips. Jacket interior is lightly foxed. Spine is slightly cocked, and page block is tanned, blemished and foxed. Pastedowns, endpapers and some of the pages are also lightly foxed. Pages are otherwise clear, binding is sound and boards are clean. LW. Signed and Dedicated By Author. Second Impression. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Illus. by Bone, Stephen. Used.

London: Bodley Head, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's dark ochre boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Slight pushing at the spine otherwise a bright and clean near fine copy with no inscriptions. In the RARE dustwrapper priced 7s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The dustwrapper is in VG+ condition with just the merest hint of wear at the spine tips; there are a couple of tiny, insignificant closed tears with mild creasing and a slightly soiled back panel. Still the nicest copy of this book that I have seen and distinctly uncommon in this sort of collectable condition. Superb decorations and front cover/frontispiece art by Stephen Bone. Jocelyn Brooke’s love affair with wildflowers and home-made fireworks began when he was growing up in Kent. But there was one particular flower, especially rare and beautiful, which became an obsession. Over three decades and through two world wars, in the deserts of Libya and the woodlands of… Read More