The Military Orchid

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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). … Read more about this item

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

London 1948 first edition. Bodley Head. Decorations by Stephen Bone. Hardcover. 12mo., 135pp., color frontis. Memoir of English boarding school. Near Fine, no DJ. No ownership marks. .

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.

Little Toller, 2012-06-08. New. Paperback. Used:Good.

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