BLIXEN, KAREN a.k.a. ISAK DINESEN. 1885-1962. Out of Africa. London Putnams, 1937.

The Library of David Lloyd, Part IBLIXEN, KAREN [a.k.a. ISAK DINESEN]. 1885-1962.
Out of Africa. London: Putnams, 1937. 8vo. Publisher's burgundy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original pictorial dust jacket, minor chipping along the top edge and corners of jacket.FIRST EDITION of Baroness Karen Blixen's masterpiece, the basis for the 1985 film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford which won 7 Academy Awards(R). A very nice copy of the first edition, preceding the American edition (published under the name Isak Dinesen) by one year.