Out of Africa
by Blixen, Karen (Isak Dinesen)
- Used
- Near Fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/very good
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Putnam, 1937. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First UK edition, First Published November 1937, stated on copyright page. Book near fine, spine ends a little bent-in, slight browning on front and rear free end papers. Dust jacket very good, some rubbing, wear and tanning, small red bleeding from book cover on inside of dj. Comes in double slipcases.
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
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2107002
- Title
- Out of Africa
- Author
- Blixen, Karen (Isak Dinesen)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
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Bookbid Rare Books
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Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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