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Out of Africa
by Dinesen, Isak [Blixen, Karen]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Random House, 1938. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good-. The finest book ever written about the nature of the African continent and people.'' which started out as Karen Blixen's (who adopted the pseudonym Isak Dinesen) memoirs of her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya. A First (American) Edition, First Printing, in the First State DJ, with all requisite points (correct DJ price, number of books listed on back DJ, & edition statement). Bound in russet-colored cloth stamped with a bright gilt flamingo, black cloth-wrapped spine lettered & decorated in gilt, this hardcover 8vo is in Near Fine condition: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with modest tanning to edges, heavier to endpapers, all completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is barely Good, with some major chips & missing section at top edge of front cover, chipping to both ends & middle of spine, but colors are bright & unfaded. Nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never
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
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022533
- Title
- Out of Africa
- Author
- Dinesen, Isak [Blixen, Karen]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- KENYA AFRICA MEMOIRS PLANTATIONS FARMING WOMEN FEMALES WRITERS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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