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Out of Africa.
by BLIXEN, Karen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Putnam,, 1937. I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills First edition, first impression, of Blixen's masterpiece. This copy has a rare four-page illustrated publisher's prospectus for the work featuring newspaper reviews of the novel loosely inserted. In 1985 the book was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Minor rubbing to board edges, contents clean, a fresh near-fine copy in the lovely unclipped jacket, faintly rubbed and soiled, nicks to corners, short closed tear to head of spine.
Synopsis
Out of Africa is a memoir by Isak Dinesen, a nom de plume used by the Danish author Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya, then British East Africa. The book is a lyrical meditation on Blixen’s life on her coffee plantation, as well as a tribute to some of the people who touched her life there. It is also a vivid snapshot of African colonial life in the last decades of the British Empire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 161885
- Title
- Out of Africa.
- Author
- BLIXEN, Karen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Putnam,
- Date Published
- 1937
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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