"Out Of Africa" 1938 DINESEN, Isak Abercrombie & Fitch

"Out Of Africa" 1938 DINESEN, Isak Abercrombie & FitchDINESEN, Isak [389] pp. Random House 1938 8 3 8" x 6" 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,

and faithfully mirrors several of the well-known personalities who graced the period with their wit

Watercolour w/ gouache highlights depicting a dapper equestrian replete with polka dot ascot signed Wil Mots & dated 10

craftsmanship

Marquise de Casa Maury

Princess Michael of Kent stated that she had had meals at the club since it opened

coeducational boarding school in Concord

Signed '9 TC 7'

was collected in its entirety by British collector Richard Schlagman

From Art Nouveau and the Wiener Werkstätte to Pop and Post-modernism

Richly illustrated with sixteen colour plates and further vignette illustrations by H

320 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾")

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