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Jocelyn Brooke was a very stylish writer best known whose
reputation was built on a few novel and a 2 books of verse. He was born on 30th
November 1908 in Kent England, his father being a wine merchant. Initially
educated in Canterbury and later going to Worcester College Oxford. Leaving
Oxford without a degree Jocelyn Brooke reluctantly joined the family business, later
enlisting in the army, he served from 1940 to 1945 when he was discharged. He
did return to the army in 1947 but bought himself out with the proceeds of
The Military Orchid and then devoted himself to writing full time. All of
his first editions are collectable today, The Orchid series being the most
popular but Six Poems being by far the rarest and most valuable..
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The Orchard Series
| Title |
Publisher |
Date |
Notes |
| The Military Orchid |
Bodley Head |
1948 |
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| A Mine of Serpents |
Bodley Head |
1949 |
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| The Goose Cathedral |
Bodley Head |
1950 |
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| Dog at Clambercrown |
Bodley Head |
1955 |
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Other Fiction
| Title |
Publisher |
Date |
Notes |
| The Scapegoat |
Bodley Head |
1948 |
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| Image of a Drawn Sword |
Bodley Head |
1950 |
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| Passing of a Hero |
Bodley Head |
1953 |
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| Private View |
James Barrie |
1954 |
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| The Crisis in Bulgaria |
Chatto |
1956 |
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| Conventional Weapons |
Faber |
1961 |
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Non Fiction
| Title |
Publisher |
Date |
Notes |
| Wild Orchids of Great Britian |
Bodley Head |
1950 |
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| The Flower in Season |
Bodley Head |
1952 |
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| Ronald Firbank |
Barker |
1951 |
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| Elizabeth Bowen |
Bodley Head |
1952 |
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| Aldous Huxley |
Bodley Head |
1953 |
paperback |
| Ronald Firbank & John Betjeman |
Longmans |
1962 |
paperback |
| Birth of a Legend |
Bertram Rota |
1964 |
signed limited 65 copies |
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