first edition Hardcover
1938 · New York
by Dinesen, Isak
New York: Random House, 1938. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter black decorated and lettered cloth and orange illustrated boards. Near fine. 389 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Dinesen's memoir recounting her 17 years in Kenya. Expressed with a reticence and restraint that gives this story of life an African farm a singularly aristocratic quality. Owner inscription free front endpaper. (Inventory #: 24543)