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THE MOTTLED LIZARD
by Huxley, Elspeth
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine jacket.
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1962. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of Huxley's second memoir of her early life in Kenya under British rule, a continuation of her previous THE FLAME OF THIKA. 8.5'' X 5.5''. Original rose cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (21s) dust jacket designed by Rosemary Grimble. 335, [1] pages. Light foxing to endpapers and dust jacket; minor scuffing to jacket edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50075
- Title
- THE MOTTLED LIZARD
- Author
- Huxley, Elspeth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Woman Author,20th century,1960s,Africa,Biography & Memoir,English & British,Africa (East)
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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