Description
First English Edition of The Old Man & the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
Octavo, 127pp. Light blue cloth binding, title and cover illustration stamped in red. “First Published 1952” statement on copyright page. Faint toning to cloth at spine, light dusting to top edge of text block. Free of any marks or notations. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, with “7s. 6d. net” retail price on front flap, toning to spine, shallow chip to top edge at spine, bright illustrations, a very good example. (Hanneman A45a). A presentable copy.
This book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and is considered one of the most important novels of the 20th century.
