The OLD MAN And The SEA by Ernest Hemingway True First Edition 1952

The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway First Edition First Printing with all publisher's first edition points and code of "A" on the copyright page & With A New Reproduction $3.00 Priced Dust Jacket Published by Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1952 Condition: Very good pale blue cloth hardcover in new $3.00 priced reproduction dust jacket protected in a removable clear plastic sleeve. The covers have some mild soiling and some shelf wear with Hemingway's signature blind stamped on the bottom of the front cover. The title in silver on the spine is worn off with sunning to the spine. The the edges of the spine and corners do show some fraying and light shelf wear. The binding is square and tight without any lean and the front and back inside hinges are free of any paper cracking. There is some age toning to the fly page inside the rear cover. There are no marks, writing or signs of former ownership inside. All pages are present and secure and are bright and clean with only slight toning due to age. Book size is 5.75 by 8.25 inches tall, 140 pages. ***Remember this not the original dust jacket but an exact copy of the original.