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1959ref. 008158London: Chatto & Windus 1959. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good with light shelfwear to covers and light crease to spine. Slight lean to spine. Signed and inscribed "To Cleggy with love and respect" by Elspeth Huxley on front endpaper. Lily Clague known as "Cleggie" was Huxleys nanny/housekeeper Loosely inserted is a letter about the book dated 27th August 1980 written to Elspeth Huxley by an acquaintance. Dustjacket condition: Poor to fair generally shelfworn and soiled with two sections missing to top and base of spine. Not price-clipped. 288pp. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
2000ref. 1-0141183780Penguin Classics 2000. Paperback. New. edition unstated edition. 288 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. Penguin Classics paperback
1982ref. Q-0701108231Chatto & Windus 1982-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Chatto & Windus hardcover
1982ref. Q-0140017151Penguin Books 1982-01-28. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback
1959ref. 129827London: 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 bookplate to the front free endpaper. 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
2000ref. Q-0141183780Penguin Classics 2000-02-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
1959ref. 110441London: 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
1987ref. 57186NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987. First illustrated edition. Pelizzoli Francesca. Small 4to pp. 288. Illustrated in color by Francesca Pelizzoli; also with photographs. Black paper over boards. Light stain on front edges of leaves o/w a nice copy in slilghtly scuffed and soiled dj with decorations and an applied illustration. Weidenfeld & Nicolson unknown
19598vo., First Edition, with frontispiece; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, red silk marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Cross and Perkin, A.24.
ref. ORD-5215Memories of an African childhood. With a new introduction by the author. Illustrated by Frabcesca PELIZZOLI. London. Chatton & Windus. 1987. In-4 (196 x 246mm) cartonné, jaquette illustrée couleurs, 288 pages, nombreuses photos en noir dans le texte et illustrations couleurs dans et hors texte de Francesca PELIZZOLI. Dos et bords de la jaquette râpés, traces assez peu importantes d'humidité en fin de volume, sinon bon état général. Première édition illustrée.
1959ref. 140948457London: Chatto & Windus 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. 288 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with small faint stain at tail light foxing to textblock edges. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with sunned spine panel and light foxing. Also in the rare Book Society Choice belly band sunned on the spine. A beautiful copy of Elspeth Huxley's memoir of growing up in Kenya as the child of white settlers struggling to adjust to their new environment. The book was adapted into an ITV miniseries starring Hayley Mills and Ben Cross in 1981. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1959ref. 67066London: Chatto & Windus 1959. Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . 288pp. Octavo 22 cm Green paper over boards. The spine and boards show light edgewear. The front free endpaper has the partial remains of a previous owner's bookplate. In the dust jacket designed by Rosemary Grimble with a loss from the paper at the foot of the spine and the surrounding area of the rear panel and a few lesser tears to the extremities. Huxley's account of her childhood in Africa amongst the Kikuyu during the years just before the First World War. From the personal collection of Nelson Algren with his signature and his trademark drawing of a cat in yellow and black on the front free endpaper. Algren grew up in Chicago a city that he would make famous through his portrayals of its poor working and criminal classes. His affinity for the marginalized sections of American society marked his entire career. Algren won the 1950 National Book Award for The Man With the Golden Arm. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1987ref. 57186NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987. First illustrated edition. Pelizzoli Francesca. Small 4to pp. 288. Illustrated in color by Francesca Pelizzoli; also with photographs. Black paper over boards. Light stain on front edges of leaves o/w a nice copy in slilghtly scuffed and soiled dj with decorations and an applied illustration. Weidenfeld & Nicolson unknown books
1983VG pbk reprint. 13266. eng
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ref. 1258052407.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. B-15-8786999101Good. No dust jacket. Unmarked other than name stamp on blank end page. Fast Daily Shipping! unknown
ref. RO60111786Harper & Brothers. Non daté. In-4. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos fané, Intérieur acceptable. 19 pages de texte et 112 planches de photos héliogravées en nor et blanc. 2e plat taché. Couverture se détachant. Dos des plats défraîchis et détachés. Jaquette manquante.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1977254pp., 30cm., br., texte en français, Dissertation de doctorat (Université Catholique de Louvain, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres), cachet au verso de la p.d.t., peu d'annotations, sinon en bon état, poids: 1.3kg., M109503
1955ref. mon0000991254Chatto & Windus 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First edition Second Impression Pages clean and bright Binding firm Light wear to edges Dust jacket price clipped. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1955ref. mon0000997197Chatto & Windus 1955. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. Contains previous owners name in pen on FFEP. Some rubbing to edges of jacket. First edition first printing. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Binding tight. Chatto & Windus hardcover
ref. 1652772216London : Chatto & Windus. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. First UK edition. Heavy chipping and tearing to the dust jacket. Light wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. London : Chatto & Windus hardcover
1955ref. 1081london: chatto & windus 1955. first edition 1955. huxley's novella chronicles the life of john rivers a student physicist in the 1920s who is hired as a laboratory assistant to the nobel-prize-winning henry maartens. explores ideological themes regarding god sex history and death. london: chatto & windus. 5.15x7.5". 127 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: minor bumping to head of spine stain to back board owners inscription to front-free-end paper. near fine. jacket condition: bumping to head and foot of spine shelfwear to spine. fine-. chatto & windus unknown
1955ref. 23656London: Chatto and Windus 1955. A first edition first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1955. A very good copy without inscriptions - some spotting in the very good unclipped wrapper with some rubbing to the edges. Chatto and Windus unknown
