Description: THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA ERNEST HEMINGWAY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK 1952 First printing in original jacket. Scribner's "A" and seal at copyright page. Sea blue full cloth boards, Hemingway's signature blind-stamped at front board, silver spine titles, light shelf wear, rub, toning. Fine linen pages, sharp without writing. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original first edition wrapper, moderate shelf wear, toning, fleck, crease, mended closed tear; unclipped 3.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Jacket design by "A". Deep, full color jacket painting at front; first edition Hemingway portrait in a bluish tint by Lee Samuels at back panel. Near fine first printing in near very good wrapper. The story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss, and transforms them into a magnificent classic. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" design. Printed in the United States of America. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 140 pages. Insured post.
Price: 1695 USD
Location: Gladstone, Michigan
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Restocking Fee: 10%
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Fine Binding
Special Attributes: With Dust Jacket, 1st Edition
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Topic: Classics
Printing Year: 1952
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1952
