Mottled Lizard ~ Cover Illustration

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    Rosemary Grimble (1917-2013)
    The Mottled Lizard (Elspeth Huxley)
    Original proposal illustration for book dust jacket
    c.1962
    Pen & ink and gouache on paper
    10.5 x 8.25 ins / 27 x 21 cms
    Unframed
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    Additional Information

    Huxley's follow on from Flame Tress of Thika, The Mottled Lizard, is based on the authors experiences growing up on a coffee farm in Colonial Kenya.

    This edition published by Chatto and Windus (1962)

    We have a copy of The Mottled Lizard to accompany the illustration