Karen Blixen Out of Africa. London, Putnam, 1937. The sought-after true first edition of Karen Blixen’s masterpiece, published in november 1937, in the original dust-jacket. This British edition precedes both the Danish and the American edition, which appeared under the pseudonym of Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa chronicles Blixen's life on a coffee plantation in Kenya. The book was made into an Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. [2], ix, 416, [3] pp. Publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, with the original unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Some rubbing to the cloth at the corners, the back board with a few stains, light foxing to several pages (mainly the endpapers) and front edges and with a previous owner's name on the first flyleaf, dated 1938. Dust-jacket lightly discoloured and with minor wear to the extremities and small tears, but with little loss and unrestored. Overall a very good copy. §§ Rare and sought-after true first edition of Karen Blixen’s masterpiece. It was published in november 1937, as stated on the copyright page. This copy in the first state, with the three advertissements on the back cover of the illustrated dust-jacket: My Scottish youth, Goodbye, West Country and Under Five Eagles. This British edition precedes both the Danish and the American edition, that appeared under the pseudonym of Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa chronicles Blixen's life on a coffee plantation in Kenya. The book was made into an Oscar-winning movie starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.