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Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952. Publisher’s light blue cloth lettered in silver. First edition, first issue (letter “A” with publisher’s seal on copyright page). Unclipped dust-jacket with the portrait of Hemingway printed in blue on rear panel (price crossed-out in pencil), no mention of Nobel Prize. 8vo. Jacket with separations with chipping at folds, scattered scrapes to rear jacket panel; light yellow spotting to covers and top edge, spotting and light soiling to endpapers; moderate lean. Sold with Across the River and Into the Woods (New York, 1950, first edition), without jacket.