HEMINGWAY, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Brian John Alderson, good luck always, Ernest Hemingway, La Vigia, 1954. Please skip the trappings and [illegible word], E.H." (occasional very light spotting), original pale blue cloth (joints slightly discoloured), dust-jacket (upper wrapper repaired with adhesive tape).