Ernest Hemingway. The Old Man the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. 8vo. Publisher's li...
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Ernest Hemingway. The Old Man the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.8vo. Publisher's light blue cloth, with author's facsimile signature stamped in blind on the upper cover and lettered in silver on the spine; original pictorial dust jacket lettered in black and white with a drawing by "A" in blue and brown on the front panel and a photograph of Hemingway, by Lee Samuels, on the rear panel.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with Scribner's "A" on the copyright page. First state dust jacket with no mention of Hemingway's Nobel Prize win to the rear flap and photograph on the rear panel in blue tones.
Condition: Spine ends bumped slightly. Dust jacket unclipped (priced "$3.00"), faded at rear panel and lightly toned.
References: Hanneman A3a.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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