THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
US: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Hardback. Very Good / Fair. Item #66397
Light blue cloth over boards with silver titling to spine. Creasing to fore edge of page 71 and previous owner's signature to first free endpaper; otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Endpages have light soiling to fore edge of pastedowns likely from glue residue and tanning to gutter of first and last free endpapers. Text block has moderate sunning to fore edge and top edge, fore edge is deckled, and top edge has a few small spots of soiling. Boards have light sunning to spine, light foxing to rear outer hinge, and a few scattered spots of foxing to top edge of rear board and edges of front board. Light rubbing to corners and ends of spine and light bumping to ends of spine. Binding is tight, spine is slightly cocked. Dust jacket is detached at rear spine edge, large chip to lower edge near corner, sunning to spine and edges and light rubbing, creasing, chipping and closed tears to edges, corners and ends of spine. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
Price: $225.00