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The Old Man and the Sea.
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The Old Man and the Sea.

Publication details: Jonathan Cape,1955,

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Bookseller Notes

Though the illustrators had been commissioned separately, their work is united here. This is the first printing of the Cape Illustrated edition, which with pleasing perversity followed the Reprint Society edition.

Description

title-page printed in black and red, 16 engraved illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe and 18 by Raymond Sheppard, pp. 117, [1], 8vo, original quarter black cloth with cream boards with vignette to front, backstrip lettered in silver, top edge blackm illustrated endpapers witha few faint spots at head of gutters, the flyleaf with ownership inscription, illustrated dustjacket with gently faded backstrip panel and a couple of tiny nicks, very good

Bibliography: (Hanneman A45c)

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