Bidspirit auction | ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899-1961), THE OLD

ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899-1961), THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA BOOK - ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899-1961), THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA BOOK Signature: Ernest Hemingway Description: A vintage hardcover edition of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York in 1952. One of Hemingway's most celebrated and enduring works, the novella follows Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman whose prolonged struggle with a giant marlin becomes a powerful meditation on courage, endurance, dignity, isolation, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Published in 1952, the work represented a major late-career triumph for Hemingway and received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953, while also contributing significantly to the international literary reputation that preceded his Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. The volume retains its distinctive period dust jacket with the blue seascape and coastal village artwork closely associated with the original publication of the novel, while the title page identifies Hemingway, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, and the 1952 publication date. The title page is written with the signature of Ernest Hemingway in blue ink beneath the printed author's name, creating a particularly notable association between the author and one of the defining works of his literary career. As a collectible combining a 1952 edition of Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece with his signature, this example represents a highly desirable piece of twentieth-century American literary memorabilia. The volume and dust jacket exhibit age-related toning, edge and corner wear, rubbing, small tears and losses to the jacket extremities, surface marks, and handling consistent with a vintage mid-century hardcover publication.