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Out of Africa
by Isak Dinesen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No dust jacket
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1996. Hardcover. Condition: Like Fine. No dust jacket. Deluxe edition reprint includes leather cover, gilt title and author on cover and spine, gold metalic outer edges, gold ribbon page marker imbedded. 399 pp. Text clean, ivory, unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Like new condition.
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's Inventory #
- 100463
- Title
- Out of Africa
- Author
- Isak Dinesen
- Format/Binding
- Green leather boards with gilt title and author on cover and spine. Like new.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Deluxe edition reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 399
- Size
- 5 3/4 X 8 1/2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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I am making available selections from my collection of eclectic, historical and sometimes rare books. My collection includes historical novels, cookbooks, textbooks and children's books along with other ephemera.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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