The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, Ernest - 1952

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First edition, second printing. 1952 at title page; Scribner colophon at copyright. Sea blue full cloth boards, Hemingway's signature blind-stamped at front board, silver spine titles, light shelf wear. Fine linen pages, crisp, clean. Small antiquarian navy blue and silver bookstore label inside cover: "Honolulu Book Shops". Stylish owner's signature lightly pencilled inside cover: "Ralph T. Friedmann". Bind fine, light cant; hinges intact. Facsimile jacket of original first edition; protected in new clear sleeve. Beautiful jacket design w/rich blue sea and fisherman's village at shoreline.Beautiful jacket design w/rich blue sea and fisherman's village at shoreline. Jacket design by "A". Deep, full color jacket painting. Rare very good 1952 trade printing in fine facsimile. Very attractive. The story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss, and transforms them into a magnificent classic. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" design. Printed in the United States of America. 140 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.