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First edition, first impression, in a fine example of the Chelsea Bindery's work. Blixen's autobiographical masterpiece was adapted into the 1985 Academy Award-winning film starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery with an onlaid wraparound silhouette of an elephant and tree in black morocco set against a hand-painted sunset with an onlaid sun on the spine in yellow morocco and birds blocked in black on the front board, black endpapers, edges gilt. Housed in a custom black cloth flat-back box. A fine copy. .

Out of Africa is Karen Blixen's poignant memoir that details her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya. Through lyrical prose, Blixen reflects on the beauty, challenges, and friendships experienced during her stay from 1914 to 1931.