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The Old Man And The Sea in Life Magazine, First Appearance
by Hemingway, Ernest
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
New York: Time, Inc., 1952. Magazine. Illus. by Alfred Eisenstaedt / Noel Sickles. VG. Soft cover. First Appearance. Folio. Entire issue, September 1, 1952, in original pictorial wraps with a portrait of the author by Eisenstaedt, moderate general wear and soiling, several center pages -- which are the Hemingway -- have loosed from the spine staples and are thus discretely laid-in, a bit of wear and fine creasing noted along front edge; mailing label, The first appearance of the Pulitzer prize-winning story of an old Cuban fisherman and his desperate battle with a huge marlin and predatory sharks, illustrated with another color photo by Eisenstaedt, and several drawings by Sickles. Issue also includes an editorial titled, A Great American Storyteller, that introduces the popularized symbolism in the story thusly, "Perhaps the old man is Hemingway himself, the great fish is this great story and the sharks are the critics." See Hanneman C370.
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- Seller
- Legacy Books II
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 023554
- Title
- The Old Man And The Sea in Life Magazine, First Appearance
- Author
- Hemingway, Ernest
- Illustrator
- Alfred Eisenstaedt / Noel Sickles
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Appearance
- Publisher
- Time, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- Folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AMERICAN LITERATURE, MAGAZINES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ernest Hemingway;
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- VG
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- Folio
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- Pictorial Wraps
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