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‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Flame Trees of Thika. Memories of an African Childhood‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 1959 October. Fourth impression. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". 288pp. . Chatto & Windus hardcover‎

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‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood‎

‎New York: Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1987. First Illustrated Edition stated. First printing stated. Hardcover. Very good in fair dust jacket. DJ has some wear tears and soiling. Pelizzoli Francesca. First edition. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 287 1 p. Illustrations some in color. From Wikipedia: "Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE nee Grant; 23 July 1907 10 January 1997 was a polymath writer journalist broadcaster magistrate environmentalist farmer and government advisor. She wrote 30 books; but she is best known for her lyrical books The Flame Trees of Thika and The Mottled Lizard which were based on her experiences growing up in a coffee farm in Colonial Kenya. Her husband Gervas Huxley was a grandson of Thomas Huxley and a cousin of Aldous Huxley. Nellie and Major Josceline Grant Elspeth Grant's parents arrived in Thika in what was then British East Africa in 1912 when she was 5 years old to start a life as coffee farmers and colonial settlers. Flame Trees.explores how unprepared for rustic life the early British settlers really were. Elspeth was educated at a whites only school in Nairobi. She left Africa in 1925 earning a degree in agriculture at Reading University in England and studying at Cornell University in upstate New York. Elspeth returned to Africa periodically becoming the Assistant Press Officer to the Empire Marketing Board in 1929. She married Gervas Huxley the son of the doctor Henry Huxley 1865 1946 in 1931. They had one son Charles who was born in February 1944. She resigned her post in 1932 and traveled widely. During this period she published her first works including Lord Delamere and the making of Kenya a biography of the famous settler. In 1948 The Sorcerer's Apprentice A Journey through Africa was published. She was appointed an independent member of the Advisory Commission for the Review of the Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland the Monckton Commission. An advocate of colonialism early in life she later called for independence for African countries. In the 1960s she served as a correspondent for the National Review magazine. Huxley's Red Strangers was republished by Penguin Books in 1999 and by Penguin Classics in 2000; Richard Dawkins played an important role in getting the book to be republished and he wrote a preface to the new edition. However as of 2006 Red Strangers was once again out of print. This work describes life among the Kikuyu of Kenya around the time of arrival of the first European settlers. There is a biography by Christine S. Nicholls Elspeth Huxley: A Biography Harper Collins 2002. Huxley was a friend of Joy Adamson the author of Born Free and is mentioned in the biography of Joy and George Adamson entitled The Great Safari. Elspeth Huxley wrote the foreword to Joy's autobiography The Searching Spirit. Huxley died in a nursing home at age 89 on 10 January 1997 at Tetbury in Gloucestershire England." From an on-line posting: "Francesca Pelizzoli is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Francesca Pelizzoli include Shota and the Star Quilt Miracle Maker." Plot summary from an on-line posting: "Elspeth and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth as she encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature and new friendships with both Africans and British expatriates. A side plot involves the beautiful and bored British Lettice Palmer who enters into an affair with a handsome safari guide. Eventually however the excitement of Elspeth's life is disrupted by the onset of WW I and the changes it brings." Weidenfeld & Nicholson hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 68198 ISBN : 1555841449 9781555841447

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Mottled Lizard‎

‎London UK: Chatto & Windus 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. None. First edition. 336pp. Red cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Rubbed spine ends. Free endpapers starting to tan and fox. Internally neat clean bright and tight. Dust jacket protected with Mylar-style sleeve has minor loss heavy chipping to edges mirrors book damage price clipped. Chatto & Windus hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 025594

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Mottled Lizard‎

‎Penguin Books 1982-03-24. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : Q-014005958X ISBN : 014005958X 9780140059588

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Mottled Lizard‎

‎Penguin Putnam Inc 1982. Paperback. Used: Very good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Biography: General: Very good trade paperback. Clean pages. Please email for more information. Penguin Putnam Inc paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : Bing797AS049 ISBN : 014005958X 9780140059588

‎HUXLEY ELSPETH‎

‎THE RED ROCK WILDERNESS‎

‎London : CHATTO & WINDUS 1957 H/b Dust Jacket VG/Good 19571st ed. 255pp.Recommended by the Book Society. Suspence novel set in the Congo.African fiction by Elspeth Huxley.maroon cloth black titles to book no inscsp pages a little tanned tight binding D/j not price clipped 15s minoe edgwear nick-losses max 2x2mm top rear spine corner paper also fox tanning light handling soil to rear. Remains quite presentable in clear proprietary protective cover. PLS See our image CHATTO & WINDUS hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 117901

‎Huxley Elspeth:‎

‎THE WALLED CITY - SIGNED COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION‎

‎C & W 1948 1st edition . 16319 pages : a novel about two antipathetic types of colonial administrator in Northern Nigeria; hardback vg vg dw SIGNED by Elspeth Huxley FIRST EDITION RARE jun25af C & W 1948 1st edition hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 6166

‎HUXLEY Elspeth‎

‎The Walled City‎

‎Philadelphia: Lippincott 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Fine in very good plus dustwrapper with a couple short tears and a little rubbing at the spinal extremities. Lippincott hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 16390

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎Their Shining Eldorado. A Journey Through Australia‎

‎New York:: Morrow 1967. 1st edition 1st printing. hardcover. very good with very good dust jacket. 8vo. 432pp. 20 plates. endpaper maps. rear cover slightly warped. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. Close to 40 years of book selling experience. Morrow hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 27064

‎HUXLEY Elspeth‎

‎East Africa‎

‎London: Britain in Pictures Ltd nd. First edition. Hardcover. 47 pages. Text by Huxley accompanied by 12 color and 17 black and white illustrations. A very good copy with some foxing in a very good dust jacket that is lightly soiled and with some slight foxing. Still a pleasing copy. Britain in Pictures Ltd unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 171784

‎HUXLEY Elspeth‎

‎FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE‎

‎London: Chancellor 1975. Large 8vo pp. 254. Bibliography index. With 16 pages of color plates and almost 100 illustrations in black and white. Tan cloth stamped in gilt. VG in chipped and price-clipped dj. Huxley concentrates on Nightingale's contradictory and multi-talented personality: martinet loyal friend compassionate nurse an authority on hospital design brilliant administrator expert on Indian affairs. Chancellor unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 50469

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE‎

‎Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY 1975 . 254 pages small quarto very good condition in dust jacket. . Other hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 30397

‎HUXLEY Elspeth‎

‎Four Guineas: A Journey through West Africa‎

‎London 1955. hardcover. Many Illustrations. Small 12mo. London: The Reprint Society 1955.<br/><br/> unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 123555

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎Livingstone and His African Journeys‎

‎Saturday Review Press 1974. Very Good. Huxley Elspeth. Livingstone and His African Journeys. New York: Saturday Review Press 1974. 224pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges and spine gently rolled. Saturday Review Press hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : UHUXLIV00MEL ISBN : 0841502897 9780841502895

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎Livingstone: And his African Journeys‎

‎Saturday Review 1974. Fine. Huxley Elspeth. Livingstone: And his African Journeys. NY: Saturday Review 1974. 224pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. Small 4to. Cloth. Book condition: Near fine with lightly bumped edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Saturday Review hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : UHUXLIV00CGM

‎HUXLEY ELSPETH‎

‎Murder On Safari‎

‎New York: Harpers 1938. First Edition - American. Near fine copy with a 1†sliver of darkening to the cloth at the bottom edge of the front cover near the spine in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some tiny chips and tears and a neat 1/2†corner cut from the top of the rear flap. A jewel theft and a murder are at the heart of this mystery set in a luxurious Africa safari. Harpers hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 13491E

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎Out in the Midday Sun: My Kenya.‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus 1985. First edition early printing of Huxley's memoirs of her adult life. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "Elspeth Huxley For Joe Ferrier with gratitude for a continuing interest 1986." The recipient Joe Ferrier was a fan and pen pal of Huxley's. They often exchanged letters books and article clippings between England and the United States. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Nellie and Major Josceline Grant arrived in Thika in what was then British East Africa in 1912 where they became colonial settlers and established a coffee plantation. Their daughter Elspeth had quite an unconventional childhood which she later wrote about in her best known work The Flame Trees of Thika 1959 which examined how unprepared for rustic life the early British settlers really were. Out in the Midday Sun: My Kenya continues the story of Huxley's adult life beginning in 1933 when she returned to Kenya after an interval of eight years. Chatto & Windus hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 101423

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood.‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus 1959. First edition of Huxley's autobiographical work based on her early life among white settlers on her father's coffee plantation in Kenya. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Seligman. Uncommon signed. Elspeth Huxley prolifically wrote thirty books but she is best known for her lyrical books The Flame Trees of Thika and The Mottled Lizard. Both are based on her experiences growing up in a coffee farm in Colonial Kenya. Her husband Gervas Huxley was related to both Thomas and Aldous Huxley Lownie 2006. A year after the publication of The Flame Trees of Thika Huxley was appointed an independent member of the Advisory Commission for the Review of the Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. She was an advocate of colonialism early in life and later called for independence for African countries Ibid. In the 1960s she served as a correspondent for the National Review magazine. It was later made into the well received television series originally airing in 1981. Chatto & Windus hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 110441

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood‎

‎Penguin 2000. Very Good. Huxley Elspeth. The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood. New York NY: Penguin 2000. 280pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to edges. Penguin paperback books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : UHUXFLA00FP ISBN : 0141183780 9780141183787

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Mottled Lizard‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus 1962. Original terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering. Edges have some light soiling and boards have minor bowing. Faint offsetting on endpapers from dust jacket flaps. Price clipped dust jacket has a bit of foxing internally. Also soiled on upper edge of rear portion and on rear flap fold. Overall a very suitable copy of the sequel to The Flame Trees of Thika. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Chatto & Windus Hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : W52667

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Mottled Lizard.‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus 1962. First edition early printing of one of Huxley's best known works. Octavo original half cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "For Joe Ferrier with gratitude for your interest in my childhood memories - now are half a century old. Elspeth Huxley." Laid in are three typed letters signed by Huxley to Joe Ferrier one of which reads in part "I much appreciate your continuing interest in my writings - as much as I regret the appalling untidiness of this typing. My non-proficiency increases with the years and the typewriter is now nearly as old as I am; a few more years and in this age of word-processors etc.; it may become a valuable antique. With best wishes yours sincerely Elspeth Huxley." The recipient Joe Ferrier was a lifelong pen pal and friend of Huxley's. They often exchanged letters books and article clippings between England and the United States. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Grimble. Nellie and Major Josceline Grant arrived in Thika in what was then British East Africa in 1912 where they became colonial settlers and established a coffee plantation. Their daughter Elspeth had quite an unconventional childhood which she later wrote about in her best known work The Flame Trees of Thika 1959 which examined how unprepared for rustic life the early British settlers really were. The Mottled Lizard continues the story when the family returns to Kenya after the first world war. Huxley recreates in vivid detail their home native servants hunting expeditions and travels throughout the country. Chatto & Windus hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 95084

‎HUXLEY Elspeth‎

‎The Prince Buys The Manor: An Extravaganza‎

‎London Chatto & Windus 1982. First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket designed by John Sutcliffe unclipped. Very good-fine. 215 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Chatto & Windus, 1982. hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 3678

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook.‎

‎1964: William Morrow & Company New York. First edition of Huxley's authoritative report on the rapidly changing political climate of post-colonial East Africa. Octavo original half cloth illustrated with maps and drawings by Jonathan Kingdon. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "For Joe Ferrier with my best wished Elspeth Huxley." Laid in is the original typed transmittal letter an autograph card and photograph of Huxley; all three signed by her to Ferrier. The recipient Joe Ferrier was a lifelong fan and pen pal of Huxley's. They often exchanged letters books and article clippings between England and the United States. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Harsh-Finegold. Huxley states in the present volume: "Writing about modern Africa is like trying to sketch a galloping horse that is out of sight before you have sharpened your pencil. But it is just because so much is happening - because the scene sparkles with new hopes and plans because nothing is static and nothing seems impossible.'for in truth' as Winston Churchill wrote in 1907 'the problems of East Africa are the problems of the world.'" William Morrow & Company hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 96083

‎HUXLEY ELSPETH.‎

‎The African Poison Murders.‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers 1940. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Top edges of pages and a portion of front flyleaf spotted. Else near fine in bright dust jacket price-clipped. Published in the UK as Death of an Aryan. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 29865

‎Huxley F.‎

‎The Raven and the Writing Desk‎

‎Thames and Hudson 1976. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: Thames and Hudson hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 9985392