The Old Man And The Sea
$1,000 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · In dust jacket
New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 1952. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. octavo. 140pp. Pale Blue Cloth.Prev.owner ink inscription on the copyright page. spine lettered in silver. unmarked true first edition, first printing of this classic work.Prev.owner ink inscription on the copyright page. Prev.owner ink inscription on the copyright page. (The A and the colophon are present on the copyright page, as well as the photo of Hemingway and photographer s name(Lee Samuels).the book has a couple of spots on the front panel, a light left corner dampstain.There is glue residue on rear pastedown. Internally the text block is clean, unmarked. Price-clipped pictorial jacket has a couple of spots on the front panel, spine edgewear and chips, closed tears on the lower part of the front panel foldover. in mylar sleeve. Hemingway s last major work of fiction, the story centers on an aging fisherman who engages in an epic battle to catch a giant marlin..
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Year: 1952
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
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