Hemingway (Ernest) The Old Man and the Sea
£325
London, Jonathan Cape, 1952.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original pictorial boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
A symbolic tale of endurance and dignity, one of Hemingway’s late masterpieces and the work that secured his 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Boards very slightly bumped at head of spine; jacket with rubbing to corners, small closed tear to lower fore-corner of upper panel, but overall a very good example.
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