OUT OF AFRICA,ISAK DINESEN;DJ;1ST.ED.1938;KENYA

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Random House 1938 stated first edition. 389 pages;from the flap: author 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.unclipped(2.75)dj w. a bit of edge 'n age wear, owner's personal lib.plate, couple pencil notes;clean,clear interior, binding,boards very nice;VG.