A very early copy with Nobel Prize win in 1954 listed on jacket, no dates in book and publisher's colophon to copyright page. In pale blue cloth blindstamped with author's signature to front board and with silver foil to type on spine. Bump to bottom front corner and tiny ding to bottom rear. Light tanning to endpapers and page ends and tiny spot to front page ends. Clean interior and solid binding. Jacket is price-clipped with light edgewear, one inch tear with small chip to top rear corner and much smaller tear to top of rear panel. Some smudges/scuffs and marks to rear panel and spine. Tanning to edges of flaps. Early Printing.

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Title: The Old Man and the Sea
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Printing: Early Printing
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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