Ernest Hemingway THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA 1952 First Edition First Printing First State Original Dust Jacket Short Novel American Author Santiago Cuban Fisherman Marlin Cuba Fiction

Title: The Old Man and the Sea
Author: Ernest Hemingway - Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. Additional works, including three novels, four short story collections, and three non-fiction works, were published posthumously. Many of his works are considered classics of American literature.
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
City: New York
Year: 1952
Printing Information: First Printing
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 140 pages
Width: 5.75" Height: 8.25"
Book Details: This vintage first edition volume is bound in blue cloth covered boards with original first state dust jacket with a blue tinted portrait of Hemingway. Identification points for this first printing include an 'A' and publisher's seal on the verso of title-page, and no mention of the Pulitzer Prize Hemingway was awarded the following year.

The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Cuba. (Courtesy Wikipedia)
Condition / Notes: This vintage volume shows well, with some indications of age and wear, including shelfwear and fading/discoloration to the cloth. The binding and text block are sound. Text is clear and crisp through mild age toning, with darker age toning/foxing to endpapers. The original dust jacket shows nicely, with tiny areas of chipping to the head of the spine and age toning. The date “9/15/52†is written in pencil on the front flyleaf, likely by the original owner, as the date is two weeks after the publication of the first issue.

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