Ernest Hemingway, Old Man and the Sea 1st BOMSC Ed 1952
"The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First BOMSC Edition [Book of the Month Selection Club] which was printed from the same plates as the First Trade Edition.
Points of the First Edition: '1952' imprinted on the title page 'Copyright 1952 by Ernest Hemingway'. 'W' on the copyright page and tiny dot on the back board indicate BOMSC.
Hemingway's classic man-versus-nature story was issued on September 8, 1952, 11 days after the full text of Hemingway's novella was published in a twenty page spread in "Life Magazine". Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of Hemingway's most beloved and successful story that has been characterized as a fable, it deals with a Cuban fisherman's struggles to land a giant marlin that he has hooked, and reflects Hemingway's concern for life as a struggle of man against nature, including his own nature; seen by many as a late-career return to form. The title which cinched the Nobel Prize for the author in 1954. Basis for the John Sturges film with Spencer Tracy.
The author's so-called "Nobel" novel and the last major work published in his lifetime. Widely considered to have been the book that clinched the much-coveted literary award. This parable of a novel also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1952 and remains one of the high spots of modern American literature.
The laconic American voice and limpid prose style he developed and mastered were immensely influential to the Minimalist School, to cite just one example. The way he lived his life - the romance of being a writer - was for many readers and writers the model of a writer's life. One of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) --------- $16.50
Canada: Priority (c 2-6 weeks) -- $29.50
World: Priority (c 2-7 weeks) --- $39.95
Condition Report: Facsimile dust jacket in myler cover. Hard boards, original publisher's navy-blue cloth with embossed Hemingway's signature [spine fade], 5.3/4" x 8"; 140 pages, nice cream-color paper, very good/ fine condition.
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"The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First BOMSC Edition [Book of the Month Selection Club] which was printed from the same plates as the First Trade Edition.
Points of the First Edition: '1952' imprinted on the title page 'Copyright 1952 by Ernest Hemingway'. 'W' on the copyright page and tiny dot on the back board indicate BOMSC.
Hemingway's classic man-versus-nature story was issued on September 8, 1952, 11 days after the full text of Hemingway's novella was published in a twenty page spread in "Life Magazine". Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of Hemingway's most beloved and successful story that has been characterized as a fable, it deals with a Cuban fisherman's struggles to land a giant marlin that he has hooked, and reflects Hemingway's concern for life as a struggle of man against nature, including his own nature; seen by many as a late-career return to form. The title which cinched the Nobel Prize for the author in 1954. Basis for the John Sturges film with Spencer Tracy.
The author's so-called "Nobel" novel and the last major work published in his lifetime. Widely considered to have been the book that clinched the much-coveted literary award. This parable of a novel also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1952 and remains one of the high spots of modern American literature.
The laconic American voice and limpid prose style he developed and mastered were immensely influential to the Minimalist School, to cite just one example. The way he lived his life - the romance of being a writer - was for many readers and writers the model of a writer's life. One of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) --------- $16.50
Canada: Priority (c 2-6 weeks) -- $29.50
World: Priority (c 2-7 weeks) --- $39.95
Condition Report: Facsimile dust jacket in myler cover. Hard boards, original publisher's navy-blue cloth with embossed Hemingway's signature [spine fade], 5.3/4" x 8"; 140 pages, nice cream-color paper, very good/ fine condition.
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