THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (Scribner's seal & $3.00 DJ)

Hemingway, Ernest

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1952

About this Item

Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1952. 140 pages. First edition, early printing with the Scribner's seal present on the copyright page. The letter "A" has been dropped off the copyright page. Book is housed in an original Scribner's DJ with $3.00 present; however this is a 1954 DJ that was married to this copy. Per C. Edgar Grissom's Ernest Hemingway - A Descriptive Bibliography, this is dust jacket style D with 12 titles on rear and a citation from The Swedish Academy. This is the first DJ issued after the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Hemingway just weeks earlier on October 28, 1954. Book is about fine. Pale-blue cloth boards with bright silver titles on backstrip. Four sharp corners. Pages and endpapers are bright and clean. Hidden underneath front DJ flap is a small faint previous owner's name lightly written on front pastedown. DJ shows light toning on flaps, and a small faint spot on front. Minimal shelf-rubbing to DJ edges. A beautiful early copy of the classic with the Scribner's seal present, housed in an original 4th state DJ with $3.00 price intact on flap. Near fine/ Near fine. Seller Inventory # 003381

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (Scribner's seal & ...

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

Publication Date: 1952

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition