Out of Africa
New York: Modern Library, 1952. Second Edition. Octavo. (19cm. x 13cm.) 389 pp. Illustrated dust jacket, rear panel with text. Full green cloth with gilt titles in front on black framed square with Modern Library gilt device, same on spine. Very small, closed tear at top of jacket. Front jacket flap, price-clipped with price sticker affixed to front flap. Fine. Item #222
Both an autobiography of an author, Isak Dinesen, and a place, Kenya, in the final decades of English Colonialism, "Out of Africa" has become a giant of modern literature, not because it is epic, but because it is as quiet as late in the afternoon in the Kenyan foothills. Lushly written, with a lovely tone of warm memory, Dinesen's novel was chosen as #23 in Modern Library's very large classic reprint catalog. The design for the dust jacket is reminiscent of Kenyan fabric motifs.
Price: $300.00