9780877016809 - Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from "Out of Africa" (24 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: very_good. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Ex-library book with stickers and/or stamps throughout.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Zustand: Good. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Oversize Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illus. With Photos (illustrator).

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good+. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). With original photographs (January 1914 - July 1931) and quotatiosn from Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). Priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire. ; 8 1/4 x 12 ".

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). 1st Edition. Peter Beard. Longing For Darkness Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990, 1st. edition this publisher, 1st. printing, unpaginated. *** Kamante was Isak Dinesen's (Baroness Karen Blixen) "house boy" during her time in Africa. This is a collection of material in a scrapbook format, written and pictorial, of Africa as depicted in the novel Out of Africa. There are a number of b&w photos from January of 1914 to July of 1931, some of them published for the first time. This book is in my inventory and the images are of this particular item. *** Color and photo illustrated soft covers. There is a small brown stain at the bottom of two facing pages, looks like a raisin was left there. Otherwise contents are clean and complete in a good binding. Covers are clean with very light wear. NF. *** 12 inches tall by 8 inches.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine (-). Illus. With Photos (illustrator). 1st. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, touch of rubbing to head and foot of spine, no spine creases, about Fine. Wraps with flaps, no page numbers, monochrome photos and diary entries in handwritten form. This is a book of memoirs of Isak Dinesen (Baroness Karen Blixen) of her life in Africa. The memoirs are recreated by her old majordomo Kamante, the hero of her classic Out of Africa. Here are renderings of the fable taught by Dinesen in her Farm School, and illustrated by Kamante's watercolours. As well there are never-before-published photos from Dinesen's collection, from her borther Thoma and from Denys Finch-Hatton. Afterword by Jacqueline Onassis. A heavy book. (3.6 JM HOJ 304/6 Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Softcover. Zustand: As New. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). 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. 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.".

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Dinesen, Isak (Blixen, Karen) (illustrator). First, Thus. Isak Dinesen's old majordomo, Kamante, the hero of her book, "Out of Africa,'' recreates some of the beloved fables that she taught in the Karen Coffee Farm School, as related to Peter Beard & translated from Swahili by Kamante's sons). Illustrated throughout with charming line drawings by Kamante & photos with captions by Dinesen, with an Afterword by Jacqueline Onassis. Unpaginated. First published by HBJ in 1975, this is the First Edition, First Printing, from Chronicle Books of San Francisco from 1990 (First, thus). Quarto (8" x 12") has yellow decorative wrappers with French flaps. Condition is Fine: just a tad less bright than Brand New! Completely clean & unmarked, feels unopened! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping without preapproval of extra postage, at least double per USPS rates.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Illustrated with 168 drawings and 160 original photographs (January 1914 - July 1931). With photographs and captions by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). Afterword by Jacqueline Bouvier Onassis. First printing thus (paperback). Very good in oversize pictorial wraps.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. A collection of Kamante's stories about life on the plantation.

Zustand: Very Good. Illus. With Photos (illustrator).

Zustand: Acceptable. Illus. With Photos (illustrator).

Paperback. Zustand: new. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Softcover. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Book condition is Very Good in wraps. Text is clean and unmarked, illustrated throughout. ; January 1914-July 1931; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 264 pages.

Zustand: New. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Zustand: As new. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). 1st printing. A form of hand written diary with stories from the book Out of Africa by Kamante, majordomo of baroness Karen Blixen. With original photographs (January 1914-July 1931). Nice clean tight bright crisp copy. 8 x 12, approx 120 unnumbered pp, many b/w and sepia photos and color drawings. Paperback in color-illus winged wraps with b/w photo insets.

Illus. With Photos (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1990). (1975) 1990 2nd edition. Paperback with flaps. Folio (205 x 306mm). Pages (264) not numbered. Illustrated with contemporary & b/w photographs & illustrations, & paintings / drawings by Kamante. Light use & fading to covers, front flap price-clipped, some browning o/w very good. Kamante, servant and friend of Karen Blixen, tells the story of Karen Farm in his own words. Handwritten by his sons and illustrated with his own paintings and with Karen Blixen's and Peter Beard's wonderful photographs. .

paperback. Zustand: New. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). 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.