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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.
The first edition of Hemingway's last major work of fiction, inscribed to his goddaughter Alden Calmer as a belated wedding gift. The full inscription reads: "For Alden this strange book which I had the un-believable (sp.) luck to write. E.H." Hemingway's reputation had reached a low point after Across the River and into the Trees (1950), but critics loved The Old Man and the Sea. Accolades poured in from all corners, including from William Faulkner who simply called it "his best." The short novel would garner a Pulitzer Prize, and help him earn the Nobel in 1954. Chicago-born journalist Ned Calmer met Hemingway while writing for the Paris Tribune in the 1930s and would make his good friend his only daughter's godfather. Hanneman A24a.
Octavo (204 x 138mm). Original light blue cloth (rubbing to spine), dust jacket (hint of wear to extremities, price-clipped); in a custom quarter-morocco slipcase.
The first edition of Hemingway's last major work of fiction, inscribed to his goddaughter Alden Calmer as a belated wedding gift. The full inscription reads: "For Alden this strange book which I had the un-believable (sp.) luck to write. E.H." Hemingway's reputation had reached a low point after Across the River and into the Trees (1950), but critics loved The Old Man and the Sea. Accolades poured in from all corners, including from William Faulkner who simply called it "his best." The short novel would garner a Pulitzer Prize, and help him earn the Nobel in 1954. Chicago-born journalist Ned Calmer met Hemingway while writing for the Paris Tribune in the 1930s and would make his good friend his only daughter's godfather. Hanneman A24a.
Octavo (204 x 138mm). Original light blue cloth (rubbing to spine), dust jacket (hint of wear to extremities, price-clipped); in a custom quarter-morocco slipcase.