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

Publication details: The Reprint Society,1953,

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Though the illustrators had been commissioned separately, their work is united here - which, despite carrying the imprint of The Reprint Society, precedes all other illustrated editions.

Description

FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, 16 engraved illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe and 18 by Raymond Sheppard, pp. 117, [1], 8vo, original sea-green cloth, vignette to upper board stamped in silver, backstrip lettered in silver (partially against a maroon ground), touch of rubbing at foot of backstrip, top edge maroon, Tunnicliffe illustration repeated to endpapers, dustjacket repeating frontispiece, this a little chipped and faintly spotted with the backstrip panel slightly sunned, but otherwise bright, very good

Bibliography: (Hanneman A45b)

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