The Mottled Lizard first edition cover, Chatto & Windus 1962

First edition Hardback

The Mottled Lizard (1962)

Elspeth Huxley · Chatto & Windus, London

Publisher Chatto & Windus Year 1962

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Who published The Mottled Lizard first edition?: Chatto & Windus, London, in 1962, in hardback.

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