The Old Man and the Sea
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. 21 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 140pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. First printing with Scribner's "A" and seal on copyright page. Dust jacket is price clipped. Chip out of jacket spine and small closed tear. Small stain on back of jacket. Book itself in very nice condition with a bit of rubbing at the top and bottom of the jacket. Near Fine / Good. Item #90629
Hanneman's bibliography mentions two variants of the jacket with a blue and olive tone to the photo of Hemingway and the blue toned one being issued first. This jacket looks to be one of the blue toned issues. The newer bibliography by Grissom says that the jacket flaps in the first state jacket were brown and changed to black with the second state. This copy has brown text on the flaps, indicating a Grissom's 1st state jacket. No mention of Hemingway's Nobel Prize on the jacket which was apparently added in Grissom's third state. Reference: Grissom A24.1.a. Hanneman A24.A.
Price: $800.00