The Old Man and the Sea
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 9-140, [2] pp. Light blue cloth boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the jacket. Grissom A.24.1.a (Binding A, Jacket A). The last novel to be published during Hemingway's lifetime, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a key influence in Hemingway's receipt of the Nobel Prize. An attractive copy of one of the most acclaimed and important works in American literature. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #000012535
An inscription from October 1952 on the front pastedown; jacket has a small discoloration on the bottom of its front flap and a minute, subtle touch-up to the top of its spine panel.
Price: $3,500.00