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Out of Africa.
by Dinesen, Isak
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, a little toning to endpapers, unmarked, in a good dust jacket with worn edges.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York.: Random House., 1938. Early printing with the $2.75 price on the dust jacket flap. . Publisher’s quarter black cloth over rust cloth boards, black spine title and decorations, gilt flamingo device on cover, top edge stained blue. . Very good, a little toning to endpapers, unmarked, in a good dust jacket with worn edges. . 21x14.5 cm.. weight: 1.3 lb.
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
- Zephyr Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355083
- Title
- Out of Africa.
- Author
- Dinesen, Isak
- Format/Binding
- Publisher’s quarter black cloth over rust cloth boards, black spine title and decorations, gilt flamingo device on cover, top
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, a little toning to endpapers, unmarked, in a good dust jacket with worn edges.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early printing with the $2.75 price on the dust jacket flap.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1938
- Pages
- 389 pp.
- Size
- 21x14.5 cm.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Zephyr Books
Biblio member since 2018
Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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- Device
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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