Description
DINESEN, Isak. Out of Africa. New York: The Modern Library, Random House, 1952.
Edition: Modern Library Edition.
Description: Octavo. Original publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine with Modern Library device stamped in blind on upper cover. Very Good+. Binding square and tight. Cloth clean with light shelf wear. Interior bright and clean. Ownership signature ("Perry") on the front endpaper.
PROVENANCE: From the personal working library of anthropologist, educator, and Peace Corps volunteer Thomas Doane Perry III (1942–2025). Preserved as part of Perry's lifelong library devoted to African history, anthropology, and world cultures.
Significance: Isak Dinesen's classic memoir of colonial Kenya remains one of the most influential literary works on East Africa. This provenance copy is especially appropriate to Perry's collection, reflecting the interests that shaped his Peace Corps service in Uganda and his later career as an anthropologist and educator. An attractive copy for collectors of African literature, East African history, anthropology, and Modern Library editions.
From the Thomas Doane Perry III Collection
This volume comes from the personal library of Thomas Doane Perry III (1942–2025)—anthropologist, educator, Yale graduate, Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda, and lifelong scholar of African history, anthropology, archaeology, religion, and world cultures. Over more than five decades, Perry assembled a carefully curated working library reflecting his academic research, teaching, international travel, and commitment to cross-cultural understanding.
Each book in this collection is offered with its documented provenance and represents part of a library shaped by a lifetime of scholarship and global engagement.