Description
First English edition, first impression of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
Octavo, 127pp, [2]. Blue cloth binding with title in red on spine. “First Published 1952” statement on copyright page. Ownership notation on the front free endpaper in blue pen. Internally clean, a near fine example. In the publisher’s first issue dust jacket, “7s. 6d. net” retail price on the front flap, faint sunning along the spine, a bright, near fine example. This is jacket variant “A.”
(Grissom A24.2.a)
This book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953. It is considered one of the most important novels of the 20th century.
