HEMINGWAY (Ernest).

The Old Man and the Sea.

First edition, first printing. 8vo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, author’s embossed signature to front cover, price clipped first issue dust jacket. New York, Charle’s Scribner’s Sons, 1952.

£1,750.00
HEMINGWAY (Ernest).
The Old Man and the Sea.

The correct first issue dust jacket, with the flaps printed in brown and no reference to Hemingway’s Pulitzer or Nobel Prize on the rear panel.

A very good copy overall, contents clean and unmarked, the cloth shows just a hint of light shelf wear to tips of spine and corners, jacket price clipped and slightly rubbed with light wear and a few tiny nicks to extremities, minor chipping to head of spine panel.

Stock No.
260159