There is minimal shelf wear to the top edge of the spine.
In near fine condition, the binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the lettering on the spine bright. This is a true First Edition as the book does not reference the Book Society on the Title page or the Publishers page. The Flame Trees Of Thika: Memories Of An African Childhood, Elspeth Huxley, Chatto & Windus, 1959, First Edition, First Impression Adapted into a TV series starring Hayley Mills, this is a memoir of the author's childhood in Thika, a farm area outside Nairobi in colonial Kenya, just prior to World War I in 1913 when her parents travelled from England to start a coffee plantation. Will be dispatched wrapped carefully in bubblewrap and in a cardboard box. The clipped dust jacket, protected in a clear, removable cover is in good condition with minor nibbling to the bottom edge, a small tear to the top edge of the back cover and two marks to the back cover. There is a faint owners name to the front end paper and foxing to the top edge. The end papers and pages are free from tears. There is some shelf wear to the top edge of the spine. In very good condition, the binding is straight and tight, the boards clean apart from two small marks to the front board and the lettering on the spine is bright.
The book was adapted for TV in 1981 and starred Hayley Mills, Holly Aird, David Robb and Ben Cross. The story follows her childhood on the coffee plantation set up by her parents, before her father leaves for the war and she returns to England with her mother.
The Flame Trees Of Thika, Elspeth Huxley, Chatto & Windus, 1959, First Edition, First Impression A memoir, written much later in life, of the author as a six year old, arriving in Kenya, with her parents in 1913. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Category: Biography & Autobiography Kenya 1900-1920 Travel & Places. Happily there is a sequel,THE MOTTLED LIZARD.
The book ends with the start of WW I and the breakup of this relatively untroubled phase of colonial life. It is an Africa of plentiful big game, rich tribal culture, and white settlers striving to wrest fortunes from the unforgiving bush. Elspeth Huxley, who spent her early years on a small farm in Kenya in the early 1900s, recreates for us a vanished Africa, and shows it to us from the magical and arresting viewpoint of a perceptive child. This book is available and ready to be shipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting.
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