Within the sharp restrictions imposed by the very nature of his story Mr. No outbursts of spite or false theatricalism impede the smooth rush of its narrative. Hemingway's last book, 'Across the River and Into the Trees.' No phony glamour girls and no bullying braggarts sentimentalized almost to parody distort its honest and elemental theme.

It is much simpler and enormously better than Mr. Although he was not uniformly positive in his review, Orville Prescott wrote in the New York Times on Aug'The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel, only 27,000 words. One week before it was to be published as a hardcover book, Hemingway's classic novel The Old Man and the Sea was published in a single issue of Life Magazine. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store.

It is a literary masterpiece written by one of America's greatest writers. This novella won Ernest Hemingway the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. It is a story of strength and struggle, respect and fear, contemplation and acceptance. What ensues is an epic battle between the fisherman and a gigantic Marlin. 'The Old Man and the Sea' is the story of an aging fisherman who sets off to end his unlucky fishing streak. The first edition was published in 1952, with a print run of 50,000 copies. Written in 1951, it was first published in Life magazine in the fall of 1952. 'The Old Man and the Sea' was the final novel written and published during Hemingway's lifetime. Light foxing on front endpapers and half title page. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. This book is in very good plus condition. Measuring approximately 8.25' x 5.5' with127 numbered pages.

The old man and the sea 1st edition