The Old Man and the Sea

Hemingway, Ernest

Published by Jonathan Cape, London; (1955)

About this Item

Octavo. First illustrated edition by this publisher with drawings by C.F, Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard. Originally commissioned as later natives, these two artists' different interpretations of the story were considered so excellent and so interesting in their varying styles that both have been included. Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in November 1954. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over white pictorial paper covered boards depicting Santiago, spine lettering white, pictorial endpapers some toning or foxing to boards, upper corner only slightly bumped, early previous owner's name, A very nice copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket, toning to edges, spine fading, only very light chipping to spine ends and corners and along upper edge.

Seller Inventory # 022212

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Old Man and the Sea
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London; (1955)
• Edition: First Edition.
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  • 20th Century First Editions