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Title: The Old Man and the Sea
Author: Hemingway, Ernest Description: Blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, pictorial jacket. First EditionFirst printing with "A" code and publisher's symbol on copyright page. Considered a second issue jacket, with the photograph of Hemingway on the rear panel printed in olive green ink as opposed to blue, but recently there has been doubt about priority over the two colors. The mention of Hemingway winning the Nobel Prize not present as it was added later. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the book which finally earned the Nobel Prize for Hemingway. Hanneman A24.A. Heading: Place Published: New York Publisher: Scribner's Date Published: 1952 Condition reportJacket with a little rubbing to spine ends and corners, top 1" of front panel and spine slightly fadewd, 1" closed tear at top of front panel, another to bottom of rear panel and a smaller one to top; else near fine in like jacket.
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