Chronicle books e 017 (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York. 1975. 264 pgs. Illustrated with 168 drawings and 160 original photographs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Isak Dinesen and the land and people she loved are nowhere so real and compelling as in Longing for Darkness, written by Dinesen's majordomo, Kamante, and now boasting a smart new cover. Readers familiar with Out of Africa may recognize many of the enchanting stories. These celebrated tales and others are retold here from Kamante's perspective and are enhanced with his own drawings and letters, Dinesen's words and snapshots, and photographs by Peter Beard. Writes Beard, "Over a period of 12 years, as if divesting himself of his possessions, Kamante put down the extra dimensions of truth which are at the heart of Out of Africa." ; 0.92 x 12 x 8.03 Inches; 264 pages. Illus. With Photos (illustrator).…