The Wild Orchids of Britain

Brooke (Jocelyn).   Forty plates of water-colour drawings by Gavin Bone, and additional drawings by Muirhead and Stephen Bone The Bodley Head,  1950 First Edition Of an edition of 1,140 copies, of which 40 signed by the author and specially bound, this is inscribed “Out of series” and signed by the author  Folio Original japon gilt, top edge gilt Binding just a little bowed, slight foxing to sides and end-papers, but a very nice copy in somewhat soiled and frayed price-clipped dust-wrapper. Presentation Copy, inscribed by the author to his mother and dated “Sept. 4th 1950” and additionally inscribed to her by the publisher   

Price: £1800