THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
First edition, first state, of the book that occasioned Hemingway's Nobel Prize and sealed his international celebrity.
Near fine in a near fine jacket.
Price: $4,500.00
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
"My big fish must be somewhere."
Hemingway's final novel published in his lifetime is a tale, stoic and meditative, of the beautiful tension between humankind and the rest of the natural world. A serious marlin fisher, Hemingway used his own experiences to fill in the drama of his hero Santiago's battle with the sea.
OLD MAN AND THE SEA was composed in Cuba with a Cuban protagonist; when he won the Nobel, Hemingway donated the medal to the Cuban people. At the time of the award the Nobel Committee praised Hemingway "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style." The book also garnered the Pulitzer Prize.
A particularly nice copy of this quintessential Hemingway book.
Read more: Hanneman, Ernest Hemingway: A Comprehensive Bibliography, A24A; Grissom, Ernest Hemingway: A Descriptive Bibliography, A.24.1.a.
The Object
First printing. New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1952. 8'' x 5.25''. Original full blue cloth, spine lettered in white. Original unclipped ($3.00) blue pictorial dust jacket of a town by the sea, photo of the author by Lee Samuels on rear panel. First state with text on flaps printed in brown ink, with brown/blue author photo. Scribner's "A" and seal on copyright page. [2], 140 pages. Small bit of wear, chip at spine head. Trace edgewear to jacket. Tiny closed tear to top edge rear panel. Neat, contemporary penciled gift inscription to front pastedown. Touches of shelfwear to book extremities. Overall, remarkably bright and sharp.
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