The Old Man and the Sea
London: The Reprint Society, (1953). First illustrated edition. Illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 118 pages.
The fine piece of writing that finally won Hemingway a major literary prize--the Pulitzer in 1953. Here is the first illustrated edition, commissioned by The Reprint Society. The same illustrations were used seven years later for the first illustrated edition in the United States.
Ref. HANNEMAN 45b.
Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Neat prior owner name to verso of preliminary blank, shallow bumps at spine ends. Jacket has few shallow edge chips, a touch of browning to spine, and a couple of cleanly closed edge tears.
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