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Karen Blixen 1937

Sold for A$1,500 at Sydney Rare Book Auctions on May 25, 2025.

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Out Of Africa by Karen Blixen. Published in London by Putnam in 1937 First edition in First issue dustwrapper (with three only book reviews on the rear panel). The wrapper is priceclipped. See photograph for the description of the nicks and tiny tears and dusty spots on the wrapper. A few pages have small spots of foxing. A rare find in first edition in wrapper. The book is a memoir of the Danish Author Karen Blixen (Isak Dinensen) living on a coffee plantation in colonial Kenya

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