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, no additional printings listed. Solid text block, dust remnants to top edge, faint toning to endpapers, a near fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on front flap, faint sunning to spine. Some chips along edges, mostly to corners and spine. Faint cup rings to front panel. A very good example.
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen was the basis for an Academy Award-winning movie starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford (1985).
