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Out of Africa

by Blixen, Karen

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London: Putnam 1937. 8vo. ix, 416 pp., Recently rebound in full morocco binding with top edge gilt. Internally clean. Later adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep, the book recounts the author's seventeen years living and working in Kenya what was at the time called British East Africa. Uncommon. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. First Edition. 1937.

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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Bookseller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
67839
Title
Out of Africa
Author
Blixen, Karen
Format/Binding
Full Morocco
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Putnam 1937
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1937
Size
8vo.
Keywords
Kenya,Kenyan,British East Africa,memoir,Isak Dinesen ,Karen Blixen
Bookseller catalogs
Literature; Modern First Editions; Christmas Presents;

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Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
First Edition
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A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
Fine
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Top Edge Gilt
Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...

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