OUT OF AFRICA by Dinesen, Isak - 1938

New York: Random House, 1938. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. 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.