Description
First American edition, first printing of Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen.
Octavo, ix, [1], 389pp, [1]. Orange cloth, title in gilt on black spine. Illustration of a flamingo in gilt on front cover. Yellow topstain. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to endpapers, a near fine example. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on front flap, faint sunning to spine.
A vibrant copy.
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen was the basis for an Academy Award-winning movie starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford (1985).
