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Elspeth Huxley
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1987
Price $19.99
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ILLUSTRATED Weidenfeld & Nicholson, New York, 1987. Hardcover. Pelizzoli, Francesca (illustrator). First illustrated edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to extremities. Owner’s inscription on a free end paper. Stated “First Edition” with full number line on the copyright page. Overall very nice copy with BEAUTIFUL illustrations and B&W photos.
The author's best-selling account of growing up in Africa in the years prior to the First World War has become one of the most beloved and enduring literary works of our time. Since the release of the tv series in 1982, a whole new audience has discovered this unforgettable portrait of a European family gambling their forture and their lives on the untamed Kenyan wilderness. For this first illustrated edition, the author has personally selected the Kenyan artist Francesca Pelizzoli to create a collection of paintings to complement her story. Along with Pelizzoli's paintings, Elspeth Huxley has contributed her family scrapbook of original photographs, as well as an new introduction to the book.
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