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dinesen isak. out of africa. random house, 1938.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: solid hardcover first edition great shape except one corner has mouse damage doesnt affect the book
Seller: A.C. Daniel's Collectable Books, South Paris, ME, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House Inc, 1938.
Price: US$19.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: BK: as new with mylar cover
Seller: Thylacine Books, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak; Blixen, Karen. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$22.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first edition. No dust jacket. Orange cloth boards. Light wear and a tiny bit of soiling to edges. Scattered spotting to top of page block. Some browning to gutters. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Pictures forthcoming, feel free to ask.
Seller: City Lights Bookshop, London, ON, Canada
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Description: Ex-library stamps on first three pages. Good orange boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and slightly cocked; Contents clean and unmarked except for library stamps. No dust jacket. 389 pages. Stated First edition. Webbing showing at title page and back cover. Cover lightly soiled. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
Seller: Imperial Books and Collectibles, Wauwatosa, WI, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, N.Y., 1938.
Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In black cloth spine over rust red boards, gilt titling and flamingo to spine and cover, 8vo ix+[1]+389 Author's most famous book.(minimal light shelfwear to extremities).
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, NY, 1938.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Orange cloth covers with black spine. Light soiling and wear to corners, spine ends and top and bottom edges. Gold gilt lettering on spine is bright. Light soiling to covers. Light soiling to page ends. Inside front hinge is cracked but still firmly attached. Text is clean and unmarked. Heavy foxing to inside front and back hinges and last few pages of text. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.
Seller: Great Matter Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen. Random House, [, New York, 1938.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: New York: Random House, [1938]. STATED FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good. No dust jacket. Minor fading to spine. Moderate chipping to gilt title and decoration on spine. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Minor browning to end papers and paste downs and light yellowing to margins of pages. Else is clean and bright. 389 pages. AFR/112023
Seller: Under the Covers Antique Books, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$26.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Browning to page edges. Name and address in ink and stamp. No jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. OUT OF AFRICA. Random House (1938), New York, 1938.
Price: US$31.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. This is an ex-library copy with usual library marks. rebound in red buckram with new endpages. Bindind rough but the contents are complete and bright. Good.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Description: Previous owners name on the front end paper, and the very slightest scent of mustiness, barely noticeable. Otherwise a near fine
Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. First printing with statement of "First Edition" on copyright page, not a book club. Front free endpaper removed, front hinge starting. Lacking dust jacket.
Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
DINESEN, ISAK. OUT of AFRICA. RANDOM HOUSE, N.Y, 1938.
Price: US$58.00 + shipping
Description: STATED FIRST EDITION. ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S ORANGE CLOTH BOARDS WITH BLACK CLOTH SPINE. GOLD GILT DRAWING OF A BIRD ON FRONT BOARD. LIGHT SMUDGES AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PAINT SMEAR NOT ONE INCH AND A TINY, MINISCULE ONE ON FRONT BOARD. WEAR TO CORNERS, EX LIB WITH MINIMAL LIB MARKINGS. CLEAN INSIDE, VERY CRISP PAGES , VERY SOLID AND TIGHT. RATES MUCH BETTER THAN GOOD. VERY DECENT PRICE FOR STATED FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC WORK MADE INTO A MOVIE. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.
Seller: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada
Dinesen, Isak.. Out of Africa.. Random House., New York., 1938.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: weight: 1.3 lb. Very good, a little toning to endpapers, unmarked, in a good dust jacket with worn edges. 21x14.5 cm. 389 pp. Publisher's quarter black cloth over rust cloth boards, black spine title and decorations, gilt flamingo device on cover, top edge stained blue. Early printing with the $2.75 price on the dust jacket flap.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$81.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1939 reprint (edition not stated on copyright page, $2.75 jacket price). Jacket edges rubbed with several chips from corners, single tape repair on reverse, jacket a bit toned, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1938 Hard Cover. ix, [1], 389, [1] pp. 8vo. Inspiration for the film starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. "With classic simplicity and a painter's feeling for atmosphere and detail, Isak Dinesen tells of the years she spent from 1914 to 1931 managing a coffee plantation in Kenya.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.18 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.3
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.18 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.3
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth covers VG; Binding tight; Text clean and clear VG No markings
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: About Near Fine. 8vo. size. Random House, New York, 1938, 1st Ed. VG+ book, Faux quarter-leather spine and original orange cloth board. The spine gilt is lightly rubbed, with slight cover fading, the gutters are lightly browned through the title pg., 1 corner is lightly bumped, and there is very slight browning of the title pgs., but otherwise it is tight and clean, with clear text. No dustjacket. A handsome copy of the classic tale of a 1st world woman's sojourn into the primal African outback. In uncertain economic times, what better way to invest your hard-earned money than in items of lasting value you can hold in hand and enjoy?
Seller: Aesthete's Eye Books, West Jordan, UT, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing with "FIRST EDITION" stated on the copyright page. This book measures approximately 8.25" x 5.75", with 389 numbered pages. This book is in very good minus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Lettering and design on spine and front board partially faded. Moderate staining to front board. Scratches to top and bottom edges of textblock. Light foxing present on the endsheets. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N3-69).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House. New York., 1938.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with DJ. Black cloth spine and orange cloth over boards with gold lettering and a gold flamingo. Binding good and tight. There is a small (one inch) crack to the cloth on the front hinge, not compromising strength. Original DJ present and in mylar cover. Price of $2.75 on the flap. A little dusty and with some tiny chips at the top. Binding tight. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1938 and stated First Edition. 389 pages. The basis for the popular movie. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that its an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa.. Random House. New York., 1938.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book is bound in orange boards with a black spine. The black spine & its gilt letters are all clean & bright, while the gilt Bird design on the front cover is bright. There is very, very light wear on the cover corners & spine tips. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. The top edge is stained green. States: "First Edition". The dust jacket has small chips off the spine tips, wear on the cover corners & along the edges with a 1 1/2 cm chip off the top edge of the front cover along with a 3 cm closed tear. $2.75 on the flap.
Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Description: 1938 Random House stated first edition in jacket that is completely missing the spine section. Book is tight and unmarked. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
DINESEN, ISAK. Out of Africa. Random House 1938, 1938.
Price: US$119.22 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & decoration to black buckram spine, gilt flamingo illus to front board, deckled page edges, ix + 389pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems/board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, newspaper clippings glued to terminals & subsequent glue staining to some rear pages, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, scruffy but in a clear plastic protective cover- removable (all corners clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some significant loss to spine extrems, moderate tanning)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first edition. Bound in boards with dust jacket. Edge-wear, the jacket rubbed with several small chips and tears along the edges.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak (Karen Blixen). Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gilt titles on black leatherette, over orange cloth. 389pp. End papers toned. Dust jacket is edgeworn with minor loss extremities. May, 1938, gift inscription ffep. Size: Octavo
Seller: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak.. Out of Africa.. Random House. New York., 1938.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book is bound in orange boards with a black spine. The gilt letters on the spine & the bird on the front cover are clean & bright. There is very, very light wear on the spine tips. The top edge is stained blue. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. Stated: "First Edition". The dust jacket has small chips off the top of the spine & top edge of the back cover. There is light wear on the bottom of the spine & on the corners. $2.75 on the flap.
Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: Nice copy of her classic novel. Unmarked but for light soiling to small area on front endpaper where something was erased. Tight and square. Quarter bound in black over light maroon boards are sharp and fresh with gilt lettering on spine bright. Price clipped jacket has two shalow chips one on back panel and one at head of spine but is otherwise quite nice In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$145.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice copy. First edition stated. Tight and square. Front endpapers discolored or offset by something. No markings. Basis for excellent film that starred Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Dust jacket is a professional facsimilie jacket that is protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Random House: 1938. New York. Later printing. Mild shelf-wear to book, pastedowns toned, bit of discoloration to head of spine. Unclipped ($2.75) dust jacket rubbed with a touch of loss to head of spine.
Seller: Pelican Bay Books, Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.
DINESEN, ISAK.. Out of Africa. New York: Random House, 1938, 1938.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with interior tape mends. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Nice copy of her classic novel. Unmarked, tight and square. Remarkably well preserved. Fresh and bright. Quarter bound in black over light maroon boards are sharp and fresh with gilt lettering on spine bright. Jacket is professionally made facsimile and protected in transparent mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out Of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: Random House, New York, 1938. NEAR FINE- hardcover book in VERY GOOD+ dust-jacket. First Edition (stated), First Printing. The book and the dj are both lightly soiled and toned. The gutters between the pastedowns and end papers are toned. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped ($2.75.) Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: dj has very very small chips missing from corners, small (less than 1/8") tattering to top of spine of dj, 1/4 x 1 inch piece missing from front panel by top of spine of dj. dj shows handling and light rubbing with a few small spots 389 pages (dj now in mylar protector). ; 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 "
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
DINESEN, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 389 pages. A classic novel that was the basis for a Sydney Pollack directed movie with Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. A tight very good plus copy in cloth boards with some bumping to the corners and a former owner signature to the front free endpaper and in a very good dust jacket with some chips, tear and wear. Still, a very presentable copy of this classic.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
DINESEN, Isak.. Out of Africa.. Random House. New York. 1938., 1938.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: NF/none. First Edition. 389 pp. Gold gilt stamped on black faux leather binding. Rust colored boards. Olive colored top stain. Great looking book sans jacket.
Seller: Limestone Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Dinesen (Isak).. Out of Africa. Random House, New York,, 1938.
Price: US$202.12 + shipping
Description: Front end-papers darkened from loosely inserted press photograph of the author, otherwise a very nice copy copy in dust-wrapper that has suffered some chipping and loss at edges and especially from top edge of upper panel
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
(Literature) DINESEN, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 389 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.75 intact on front flap of dust jacket. Basis for the insanely popular film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Book itself is clean and bright but for some toning to the endpapers. Dust jacket exhibits a bit of wear to edges and some light chipping at folds and spine ends. A very nice copy desptie the issues.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out Of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Slight offsetting to end papers else fine in VG+ DJ.
Seller: Courtside Books, Medford, NJ, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out Of Africa (First Printing). Random House, U.S.A., 1938.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near-fine copy in a very good unclipped dustjacket. By the author of "Seven Gothic Tales". A tight copy with a clean interior--unmarked with only mild overall toning. The dustjacket is unclipped with the $2.75 price as called for and the copyright page states "First Edition" with the year 1938. The dustjacket has moderate edgewear overall with a bit of paper loss to the tips--as well as some light discoloration to the bottom of the back panel-- but overall very good--especially for the year 1938. Very scarce in the first printing. Protected in a new clear acrylic dustjacket covering.
Seller: Classic First Editions-- IOBA, La Quinta, CA, U.S.A.
DINESEN, Isak [Karen Blixen]. OUT OF AFRICA. Random House ( 1938 ), New York, 1938.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, 389 pages, two-tone cloth, inked name; dj lacks thin nick at head Classic story of life on a plantation in Kenya
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out Of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: . Unclipped pictorial jacket ($2.75 on the front flap) The book recounts events of the seventeen years when she made her home in Kenya, then called British East Africa. The book is a lyrical meditation on her life on her coffee plantation, as well as a tribute to some of the people who touched her life Fine in decorated cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt decoration on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/2" noted. The basis for the best picture of the year in 1987 directed by Sydney Pollock and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep .A classic work pertaining to the author's life on her coffee plantation in Kenya between 1914 and 1931. "Isak Dinesen" was the nom de plume chosen by Karen Dinesen von Blixen-Fineche (1885-1962). She published her first book, Seven Gothic Tales, in 1934 under that pseudonym. After the failure of her coffee plantation in Kenya she returned to her native Denmark where she spent the remainder of her life writing.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$252.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Solid copy of first printng with First Edition stated on copyright page. Quarter bound in black cloth over rust colored boards . Unmarked, tight and square but for Coke printed in small letters on front endpaper and light tanning near hinges. A few smal white spots on rear board. Gilt on black spine somewhat dulled. Basis for film that won firve Academy Awards and starred Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Price intact jacket has shallow chips at spine ends and at head of front fold with some tanning to spine. Presents well as both front and rear panels clean and handsome with its wonderful jacket design. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa. New York: Random House., 1938.
Price: US$263.05 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First US edition, Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in decorative cloth with title to spine under well preserved dust jacket. In very good condition. Edge wear to the jacket with a small closed tear to the top front portion. Small nick to the spine and light stains and scuff marks to the jacket. Binding is strong and square and contents are clean. Book comes protected in a brand new mylar cover.
Seller: The Scribe Bookstore, ABAC, Toronto, ON, Canada
Dinesen, Isak (Pen Name Of Karen Blixen). Out Of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Ix, 389 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Gilt, Orange Cloth Boards, Gilt. Stated First (American) Edition, Dj Priced $2.75, Nine Titles On Rear Panel. This 1938 American Reprint Of The 1937 Uk First Ediiton Leaves Out Quotation Marks In The Dedication And Contents But Is Otherwise Identical. Book Near Fine, Gilt With Small Losses, Former Owner's Bookplate On Front Pastedown Under Front Flap, Very Faint Browning To Gutter Edges Of Endpapers (Much Less Than Usual). Dj With Light Wear, Slight Losses To Ends Of Spine And To Tips, 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Spine Edge, Slight Browning To Spine.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: stated first
Seller: Hill Country Books, Ctr Sandwich, NH, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$315.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Random House, 1938. First edition hardcover in fine condition with NF unclipped DJ with Mylar cover that has a slightly faded spine. A beautiful copy of this classic story.
Seller: White Square - Fine Books & Art, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House New York, 1938.
Price: US$340.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good first American Edition in a very good dust jacket.
Seller: The Lost Bookstore, Spartanburg, SC, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, U.S.A., 1938.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG+ / VG+. IN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. 1st Printing of the 1938 RH stated 1st Edition (US). Book is securely bound, mildly and uniformly age toned (darker toning to pastsedowns and endpapers), and free of markings and blemishes; dyed top edge color remains substantially uniform; there is a faint hint of cocking. Cover is clean and bright, with sharp corners, gently bumped joints, headcap and tail, straight spine, hinges and edges, boldly legible gilt stamped lettering and crisply distinct design and artwork. Dust Jacket is unclipped (reflecting original USD $2.75 price), age toned and encased in protective mylar, with minor chipping along head and tail, bottom of front and top of rear panels, none of which interfere with legibility of lettering and clarity of artwork. (Please see Seller images). Pre-ISBN. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING if any questions or for more information, details or photos.
Seller: ShiroBooks, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak.. Out of Africa.. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$374.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, so stated. Original orange cloth with gilt flamingo and shiny black spine. Small faint scratch on the spine, small and neat previous owner's name in ink at the top right of the front free endpaper, Near Fine, in Very Good Dust Jacket with minor edge chips and an edge tear. Basis for Sydney Pollak's notable film starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, and Klaus Maria Brandauer.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938, 1938.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing The first edition, first printing with the $2.75 price. From an another artist's library with attractive bookplate hidden under the front flap of the dust jacket. Near fine in like bright illustrated dust jacket with just the gentlest use to the dust jacketWith a Dorothy Canfield quote "A book of classic, imperturbable simplicity." Clean text. This is the author's masterpiece and second book showcasing her life in Kenya on a coffee plantation from 1914 to 1931
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$381.44 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: About the book: Hardcover with jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Both book and jacket are in good condition. Jacket has chipping, top of spine as well as a few tears. Additional photos available upon request.
Seller: The Poet's Pulpit, Oakville, ON, Canada
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa ; and, Shadows on the Grass. New York Random House, 1938.
Price: US$390.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first edition, with all points. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. $2.75 Price On Inside Flap.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In Like Jacket First Edition Stated $2.75 on Flap.Book Plate Slightly Faded Spine Excellent Fresh Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
DINESEN Isak. OUT OF AFRICA. Random House Inc, New York USA, 1938.
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Description: Hb original brown boards ,black cloth spine gilt, housed in the original illustrated pictorial Dw priced at $2.75. ix, 389pp A Vg/Vg copy of the 1st US Edition
Seller: E.J Morten Booksellers BA, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: A fine and bright copy, with the usual darkening to the inner hinges, in very good, slightly darkened dust jacket, with light edge wear.
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak (Karen Blixen). OUT OF AFRICA. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo; 389 pages; G+/G; Brown and green pictorial spine with black text; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, Open tear along head edge of spine, chipping along spine edges, small open tear to front joint, chipping at corners, sunning to spine; Minor wear along edges; Textblock has age toning to pages, bookplate on front pastedown, marking in pen and pencil on pastedowns, creasing along front interior hinge; RWO. 1360399. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Gutters mildly darkened from binder's residue, else fine in near fine, spine-toned dust jacket with mild shallow chipping extremities and two small holes to jacket fore edge, in mylar cover.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. OUT OF AFRICA. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$458.20 + shipping
Description: OUT OF AFRICA, Random House, 1938, first American edition, just about fine in bright vg+/near fine dust-wrapper with some quite minor shallow chipping to the bottom margin of the front dust-wrapper panel and with a closed tear and some light dust-soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel. Source book for the Academy Award winning film of the same name.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$468.00 + shipping
Description: Nice copy of first printing. Unmarked, but for vintage bookplate on front pastedown pretty much hidden under front flap of jacket, tight and square. Quarter bound in black over an attractive rust (cinnamon) with gold illustrated gazelle? on front board. Clean well cared for copy. Faint, small amount of shadow from glue transfer to hinge of endpapers. Price intact jacket is a nice one with only very light wear at spine ends. Basis for acclaimed film that won won 5 Oscars including Best Picture and featuring Robert Redgford and Meryl Streep. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. aka Countess Karen Blixen. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Original 1/4 gilt black and fawn orange cloth boards fine in a very good dust jacket, one chip on the side, else very good not price clipped, the text block is fresh and fine. This is the First American edition after the English 1st ed which featured the author under her own name, Karen Blixen. Basis for the Sydney Pollack 1987 Oscar winning film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford and Klaus Maria Branhauer.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak (Baroness Karen Blixen). Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Very handsomely bound in finely wovely gleaming black cloth spine stamped brightly in gold. And cinnamon cloth-covered boards stamped with a gilded bird. Very clean and tight throughout; with a discrete address sticker at the top of the front endpaper. Tiny tear at the edge of the left spine edge. In a very good plus pictorial dust jacket with the original price of $2.75 at the top of the inside front flap. With a list of notable recent and forthcoming Random House Fiction on the rear panel. With the merest touch of rubbing along the edges. With a short thumbnail pressure cut to the jacket at the center, right gutter edge. Overall, a very attractive and collectible copy of this splendid novel which was made into a fine movie directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Blixen is best known for Out of Africa, an account of her life while living in Kenya, and for one of her stories, Babette's Feast, both of which have been adapted into Academy Award-winning motion pictures. She is also noted for her Seven Gothic Tales, particularly in Denmark. Blixen was considered several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. (Wikipedia) Out of Africa is a memoir 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 called British East Africa. The book is a lyrical meditation on Blixens life on her coffee plantation, as well as a tribute to some of the people who touched her life there. It provides a vivid snapshot of African colonial life in the last decades of the British Empire. Blixen wrote the book in English and then rewrote it in Danish. The book has sometimes been published under the author's pen name, Isak Dinesen. (Wikipedia) First Edition with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out Of Africa. Random, 1938.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An unusual copy of the first Random House edition in about very good condition. This copy once belonging to the Shankel family of Capetown, South Africa and Seattle, Washington. There is a newspaper article glued to the front endpaper describing a talk at the University Club by the Shankels regarding there travels in Africa. Above the article is the signature in a single hand of Mr. and Mrs. Shankel. They or someone else have written below the signature lived in Africa-17 years .There are tape marks, glue stains, and an old bookplate belonging to another family on the cover verso and front endpaper. The jacket has the price blacked out, some wear to the edges, and a substantial chip to the back panel. Oddly, there is an envelope taped to the verso of the back cover. The envelope is now empty, but certainly once contained a letter or some other document related to the book or family.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. New York: Random House, 1938.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition, first printing. Publisher's rust-colored cloth over black spine, stamped in gilt with gilt illustration of a flamingo to front board, top edge stained green; in the original pictorial dust jacket with an illustration of a dense jungle scene. Near fine book, with very light rubbing to spine ends, gilt very bright, light offsetting, and a crease to p. 341; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine, light chipping to spine ends, a few light marks to spine, a couple of shallow chips to top of front panel, a touch of staining to rear panel and spine, and a small 1 ½" section of loss to rear flap fold. Overall, an attractive and sturdy copy. Out of Africa is the memoir of Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke, a Danish author who published many of her works under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen, and is based on the author's experience living in Kenya when it was controlled by the British Empire. It offers a unique glimpse at life in colonial East Africa. Interestingly, while this first American edition credits Isak Dinesen on its dust jacket, the first English edition cites Karen Blixen as the author. In 1985, Out of Africa was adapted into a film of the same name starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep under the direction of Sydney Pollock.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
DINESEN, Isak [Karen BLIXEN].. Out Of Africa.. New York: Random House, [1938]., 1938.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. ix, 389. cloth. dw. (edges of dw. bit chipped & with a few repairs on verso). First American Edition.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$585.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy of first printng with First Edition stated on copyright page. Quarter bound in black cloth over rust colored boards . Unmarked, tight and square White endpapers. Green topstain still present. Basis for film that won firve Academy Awards and starred Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Price intact jacket is remarkably well preserved. It has only minor wear at head of spine and top of front fold. Presents extremely well. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
DINESEN, Isak. Out Of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$590.30 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st US Edition. Association copy - Hazel Gage - see provenance. DESCRIPTION: Black cloth spine with orange cloth boards Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Tarnishing to gilt titles. Tightly bound with toned intact endpapers and strong hinges. Prev owners book plate to front paste down and name to ffep - see provenance. Toned unmarked pages. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 389. Size: 8vo 21cm by 14cm. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: Section of typed letter mentioning Pam (m. John Frederick Ward of Kabazi, son of Hamilton Frederick Ward, Hazel (Gage) Pamela Ward (SWINTON-HOME) and Debo (Deborah Pamela Gage - Hazel Gages daughter) with reference to the film Out of Africa and the Muthaiga Club. PROVENANCE: Hazel Gage See additional items for further references to other contemporaries. Hazel Gage (1921-2012) nee SWINTON-HOME married Major Quentin Henry Moreton Gage. Daughter of George Archibald SWINTON-HOME DSO, OBE (Lieut. Col. ) who settled in Kenya in 1912. Sister Pamela SWINTON-HOME(m. John Frederick Ward of Kabazi, son of Hamilton Frederick Ward - see below). John Frederick Wards father Frederick Hamilton Ward established The Muthaiga Club Club in Nairobi with Archie Morrison where Karen Blixen and Denys Finch-Hatton (The two main characters in the film Out Of Africa) were first introduced in real life. WARD, Hamilton Frederick (1880-1961) Freddie (Major) Son of Robert Frederick Ward (Lieutenant in the Royal Navy). Educated at Eton and Oxford he joined the Army and served in the Boer War. Following the war he organised a shooting party to travel to East Africa in 1904 and 1905, and fell in love with the country. He managed to get himself seconded to the Kings African Rifles in April 1906, as a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, from which he resigned in 1908. Ward resigned from the army and joined Captain Jack Riddell and Marquis Ralph Hornyold in investing in the Boma Trading Company. Established in Nairobi as a land and business agent he met Archie Morrison in 1912, a rich financier. Morrison committed himself to invest but insisted that a proper club be built was built in Nairobi. Thus the Sandbach Baker dairy farm at Muthaiga was bought in 1912, and Muthaiga Club was built with a cheque made out to Freddy Ward for £60,000. BOOK RESUME: Association copy of the famous novel and the relationship between Baroness Karen Blixen and Denys Finch-Hatton.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In Like Jacket.$2.75 On Flap. Stated First Edition. The Author's Second Book A Masterpiece About Africa and her Adventures. Lightly Faded At The Spine of Jacket. Beautiful Copy. Scarce In This Condition Great Movie Of The Same.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa (first printing). Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Random House. New York. 1938. 389 pages. First edition stated, first printing. Book is about fine as only flaw is minor light toning in endpaper gutters. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Orange cloth stamped in gold; quarterbound in black; also stamped in gold. Darkened topstain. Original, desirable DJ with sought after price intact on flap ($2.75). DJ shows a small closed edge-tear on front/rear panel. A most attractive first edition, first printing of the classic; in its original $2.75 dust jacket. About fine in VG DJ.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, NY, 1938.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover , stated "FIRST EDITION" on the copyright page. First U.S. Edition. Burnt orange cloth boards with black spine cover and gold lettering on cover and spine . A previous owners' 3 initials stamp on the FEP is the only mark to the interior of this book. Some foxing on FEP / REP. Pictorial dustjacket is very clean and bright, with sunfading to the spine. DJ is NOT price clipped ( $ 2.75 ) , and is wrapped in a mylar cover. Placed in is a newspaper article / book review in a plastic sleeve, with photo of Ms. Dinesen , and dated 3/3/38. A beautiful copy of this classic .
Seller: The Kings Word, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth over black spine cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with dulling to gilt on spine and toning to pages, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with darkening to the spine, toning, soiling and light edge wear. An unusually nice copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
DINESEN, ISAK. Out of Africa. New York Random House 1938, 1938.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition - American. Near fine copy with bright gilt stamping on the spine in a very good plus dust jacket with some tiny edge nicks and a 1Ó closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel. The basis of the exquisite and acclaimed film which won five Oscars: Best Picture, Director (Sidney Pollack), Screenplay (Kurt Luedtke), Cinematography, and Music Score, and starred Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: binding tight, no markings, Dj has very minor edge wear with very small 1/8" tear on bottom front. It is not price clipped. S1 3
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
Isak Dinesen. OUT OF AFRICA. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$659.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. Stated first edition. Front and rear hinge starting. Light toning and light foxing throughout.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out Of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In Like Jacket First Edition Stated $2.75 On Flap. Ink Name under Front Flap.Gorgeous Fresh Copy. Very Rare In this Condition Beautiful Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak.. Out of Africa.. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine tight copy in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with a small chip to the bottom edge of the front panel and a touch of wear to the spine. Otherwise a very collectible copy of this classic memoir of author Dinesen's life in Africa. Dinesen gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near neighbors--lions, rhinos, elephants, zebras, buffaloes--and of Lulu, the little gazelle who came to live with her, unbelievably ladylike and beautiful.
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak (Karen Blixen). Out Of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ex-owner's name on flyleaf; paper toned; else an attractive, near fine copy in unclipped ('$2.75') dustjacket (mylar-protected), somewhat darkened with age but clean and likewise very good except for some minor chipping at tips & heel of spine, plus a 1 1/4" by 1/2" chip at head of spine (not affecting title/text). The American edition (preceded by the UK). 'First Edition' is stated on copyright page. Inner front flap of dustjacket shows the original $2.75 price. back panel lists 9 'recent and forthcoming Random House fiction' titles, starting with Robert Graves' Count Belisarius. Quite an attractive copy despite flaws. Photos available on request.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa - A Fine Copy. USA Random House 1938, 1938.
Price: US$769.96 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Random House in 1938. A fine book without inscriptions in a fine unclipped wrapper with a minute loss to the foot of the spine - an exceptional copy in the beautiful dust wrapper.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, first edition , first printing in near-fine dust jacket. Book has shiny black quarter-binding with gold title lettering and a gold flamingo stamped on front board. There is the word "listed" inexplicablly inked on the front pastedown, which is the worst one could say of this otherwise fine copy. Clean top and bottom edges and deckled foreedge. Dust jacket is moderately chipped at spine top and moderately so along top edge and at bottom front fold (though, curiously, not at all along bottom edge eleshwhere). Dust jacket displays the original $2.75 retail price on the front flap and is surprisingly intact given that it is a matt-paper jacket that likely spent most of its eighty=three years out of the mylar that now protects it. *Pictures availabloe upon request. Isak Dinesen's classic memoir of her life in Africa. The beauty of Dinesen's writing makes OUT OF AFRICA not only a powerful personal idyll but a lasting document of life in early-20th-century colonial Africa. OUT OF AFRICA if often considered one of the top 100 nonfiction books of all time. BUND The book remains an enthralling read and was the basis of the same-titled 1985 Sydney Pollack film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
Seller: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Dinesen Isak. OUT OF AFRICA. New York Random House 1938, 1938.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, U.S. issue. 8vo, original orange cloth, spined in black, spine gilt lettered and decorated, gilt flamingo on upper cover. In the scarce African motif dustjacket. 389. A fine copy, the dustjacket with only the lightest edge-wear and mellowing. FIRST EDITION OF A LITERARY CLASSIC OF AFRICAN LIFE. "The author.gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of her county and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee three in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Whales o Knudsen, the old charcoal burner who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near neighbors. and of Lulu, the little Gazelle who came to live with her, unbelievable ladylike and beautiful."
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak [Blixen, Karen]. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, New York, 1938.
Price: US$849.98 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The finest book ever written about the nature of the African continent and people.'' which started out as Karen Blixen's (who adopted the pseudonym Isak Dinesen) memoirs of her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya. A First (American) Edition, First Printing, in the First State DJ, with all requisite points (correct DJ price, number of books listed on back DJ, & edition statement). Bound in russet-colored cloth stamped with a bright gilt flamingo, black cloth-wrapped spine lettered & decorated in gilt, this hardcover 8vo is in Near Fine condition: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with modest tanning to edges, heavier to endpapers, all completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is barely Good, with some major chips & missing section at top edge of front cover, chipping to both ends & middle of spine, but colors are bright & unfaded. Nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$885.00 + shipping
Description: 1st American edition. (First edition stated). 1st printing. NF-/VG+. (DJ intact price on inside flap and no pieces missing.)
Seller: Tony Lamy Bookseller, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Very nice copy of first printng with First Edition stated on copyright page. Quarter bound in black cloth over rust colored boards . Unmarked, tight and square White endpapers. Green topstain still present. Basis for film that won firve Academy Awards and starred Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Price intact jacket is remarkably well preserved. The nicest copy I have seen. Presents extremely well. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
DINESEN, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Owner name and a bookstore stamp on front fly, near fine in very slightly spine-toned about fine dust jacket. A fresh and lovely copy of the author's best known work, a fond evocation of Kenya and its wildlife suggested by her experience running a coffee plantation. The usually dull jacket colors are vibrant and unfaded. Sydney Pollack directed the 1985 film version starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
DINESEN, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1938 [389] pp. 8.5" x 6" First Edition Random House
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
DINESEN, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 389 pp.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
DINESEN, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [389] pp. 8.5" x 6" Isak Dinesen Random House First Edition 1938
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. OUT OF AFRICA. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Beautiful first US edition, review copy with publisher's slip, of this evocative memoir of the author's experiences in Kenya. Written after her return to Denmark in 1931, but not published until 1937 following the success of her first book (SEVEN GOTHIC TALES), OUT OF AFRICA tells the story of Dinesen's doomed Kenyan farm, a coffee plantation she managed beginning in 1914. While no discussion of OUT OF AFRICA is complete without examining its function as a colonialist narrative, the book's exquisite English prose (from a Danish author) and decidedly feminist narrative remain noteworthy. A lovely copy of her best-known work, successfully adapted into the Oscar award-winning film starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, rarely found in this condition. 8" x 5.35" Original publisher's quarter black gilt cloth over orange pictorial cloth (showing a large land bird). In original price-clipped dust jacket. Green topstain, fore-edge machine deckle. 389 pages. Publisher's review slip laid in. Only a bit of toning, one tiny closed tear to jacket. Overall, sharp and bright.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. New York: Random House,, 1938.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover with price unclipped DJ. 1938. First US edition. Publisher's rust-colored cloth over black spine, stamped in gilt with gilt illustration of a flamingo to front board, top edge stained green; in the original pictorial dust jacket with an illustration of a dense jungle scene.A fine book in a near fine jacket. Wearing to Nicked jacket. Light missing to jacket spine ends. A beautiful book. collectible. 341pp
Seller: GoldBookShelf, Burlington, ON, Canada
Dinesen, Isak [Karen Blixen]. Out of Africa.. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition of the author's masterpiece, a lyrical meditation of the years she lived in Kenya. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. From 1914 to 1931, Danish aristocrat Baroness Karen Blixen owned and operated a coffee plantation in Kenya. After the plantation failed, she returned to Europe and began to write under the pen name Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa reads like a collection of stories in which she adheres to no strict chronology, gives no explanation of the facts of her life, and apologizes for nothing. Basis for the film bearing the same name, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, which went on to win seven Academy Awards. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen Countess Karen Von Blixen. OUT OF AFRICA. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$1545.65 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good or better dust jacket. Front and rear panel are separated. This ORIGINAL First Printing dustjacket has the price present on the front flap. First Edition stated. Pseudonym: Countess Karen von Blixen. ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. OUT OF AFRICA. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$1552.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 389 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's signature on the ffep. Deckle edges, lightly darkened. Fading green publisher's stain on the head edges. Quarterbound in black and orange cloth with gilt titles. Illustrated dustjacket in very good condition with black titles. Lightly worn around the edges with small stains, chips, and tears. Some light smudges and small dents and puncture holes on the back of the jacket. 1ST US EDITION. NPC. VG+/VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Dinesen, Isak [Karen Blixen]. Out of Africa.. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition of the author's masterpiece, a lyrical meditation of the years she lived in Kenya. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. From 1914 to 1931, Danish aristocrat Baroness Karen Blixen owned and operated a coffee plantation in Kenya. After the plantation failed, she returned to Europe and began to write under the pen name Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa reads like a collection of stories in which she adheres to no strict chronology, gives no explanation of the facts of her life, and apologizes for nothing. Basis for the film bearing the same name, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, which went on to win seven Academy Awards. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa. Random House Inc., Ny, 1938.
Price: US$1824.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: x-lib ; cover has minor stain; ix.; collectible; investment copy; from the private collection of the seller; please contact for pictures; fine black leather spine gilt lettering
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
Dinesen, Isak. [Countess Karen von Blixen]. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$2199.96 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original red and black decorated cloth. First American Edition. Basis for the 1985 film by the same name starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Near Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket with slight edge wear.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American Edition. DJ and initial sales price intact ($2.75). Some age-related tanning of the pages, especially the endpapers. Prior owner's signature on the FEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. Protected with an archival wrapper. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Will insure at buyer's expense, if requested. Condition: Near Fine in a Very Good+ DJ
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Random House, New York, 1938.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful dustjacket that is rich in color with light wear to the edges. This ORIGINAL First Printing dustjacket has the price present on the front flap. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy in collectors condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.