Huxley, Elspeth; [Nelson Algren]Biblio.com
1959Best.-Nr. 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
1959Best.-Nr. 024565London England: Chatto and Windus 1959. First British Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Kinsey. In a deeply autobiographical work the author recalls her childhood among the Kikuyu people of British East Africa Kenya in the early years of the 20th century leading up to WWI. in 288 pages pen-and-ink frontispiece sketch by Kinsey. A FIRST EDITION First Printing published in London in 1953 this octavo has deep blue cloth-covered boards stamped with bright gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG: very clean save for a spot to title page & another to outside bottom of text block. Binding strong & straight pages off-white & unmarked with mild tanning. The unclipped DJ is VG with mild rubbing to extremities & a few tiny chips heaviest at head of spine; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays Pacific time; later orders weekends & holidays ship very next business day Chatto and Windus hardcover
Best.-Nr. 4412Chatto & Windus 1959 1st edition . 288 pages frontispiece : memories of an East African childhood among the Kikuyu just before WW1; hardback tiny mark to spine barely visible ow vg vg dw closed tear repaired small rub to spine not price-clipped protected from the library of Terence Gavaghan SIGNED by Elspeth Huxley to the title page UNIQUE afmar25 Chatto & Windus 1959 1st edition hardcover
1959Best.-Nr. 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
2000Best.-Nr. 1-0141183780Penguin Classics 2000. Paperback. New. edition unstated edition. 288 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. Penguin Classics paperback
1982Best.-Nr. Q-0701108231Chatto & Windus 1982-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Chatto & Windus hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. Q-0140017151Penguin Books 1982-01-28. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback
1959Best.-Nr. 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
2000Best.-Nr. Q-0141183780Penguin Classics 2000-02-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
1959Best.-Nr. 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
1987Best.-Nr. 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
1975Best.-Nr. Q-0060648317Harper & Row 1975-03-26. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper & Row paperback
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Best.-Nr. 295050San Francisco: American Humanist Association n.d. Pamphlet. 4p. brochure 3.75x8.5 inches; slight crease on bottom-edge slightly toned around else else very good. American Humanist Association unknown books
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1977Best.-Nr. Q-0600331342Hamlyn 1977. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Hamlyn hardcover
2005Best.-Nr. x-081560808XSyracuse Univ Pr 2005. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 1921 pages. 12.25x9.25x2.75 inches. Syracuse Univ Pr hardcover
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