The Old Man and The Sea. London: Cape, 1952. First UK Edition. Pp, 127. Handsomely bound in half navy morocco over cloth with red & black labels, gilt lettering& devices to spine, top edge in red. A nice bright copy.

The first printing in England, preceded by the American edition published by Scribners in the same year.

Hemingway’s last major work of fiction that was published during his lifetime.

“A masterly example of literary art, simple and magnificent.”

An Idea gift copy