Author: Jocelyn Brooke
Title: The Goose Cathedral
Description: London, The Bodley Head, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Jocelyn Brooke"s semi-autobiographical novel inspired by the author"s childhood, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher"s original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is an unusual volume, sometimes termed a work of biographical non-fiction, from Jocelyn Brooke. It marks the third work in Brooks' 'Orchid Trilogy', a series of semi-autobiographical works blending his childhood idyll with the shadow of his time in the Second World War. In the publisher"s original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with light spotting and offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap is smart with sunning to the spine, minor handling marks to the rear, small closed tears and chips to the extremities, with spotting to the verso. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.
Keywords: First edition Jocelyn Brooke Autobiography Novel Jocelyn Brooke None
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Title: The Goose Cathedral
Description: London, The Bodley Head, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Jocelyn Brooke"s semi-autobiographical novel inspired by the author"s childhood, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher"s original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is an unusual volume, sometimes termed a work of biographical non-fiction, from Jocelyn Brooke. It marks the third work in Brooks' 'Orchid Trilogy', a series of semi-autobiographical works blending his childhood idyll with the shadow of his time in the Second World War. In the publisher"s original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with light spotting and offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap is smart with sunning to the spine, minor handling marks to the rear, small closed tears and chips to the extremities, with spotting to the verso. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.
Keywords: First edition Jocelyn Brooke Autobiography Novel Jocelyn Brooke None
Price: GBP 125.00 = appr. US$ 178.50 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 950Z30
- Book number: 950Z30
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