Limited to 600 Copies, Signed by the Photographer

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. EISENSTAEDT, Alfred; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB.

Old Man and the Sea [LEC]. Photogravures by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Introduction by Charles Scribner.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1990.

EISENSTAEDT, Alfred. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. The Old Man and the Sea [LEC]. Photogravures by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Introduction by Charles Scribner. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1990.

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HEMINGWAY, Ernest. EISENSTAEDT, Alfred. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. The Old Man and the Sea [LEC]. Photogravures by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Introduction by Charles Scribner. [New York]: Limited Editions Club, [1990].

Limited to 600 copies, signed by the photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt on the limitation page. This being number 6. Oblong folio (15 x 11 inches; 380 x 280 mm). Illustrated with five photogravures by Alfred Eisenstaedt printed from the original negatives created by Eisenstaedt in 1952 for the Life Magazine appearance of the novel.

Publisher's quarter blue goatskin over oatmeal cloth boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Housed in the publisher's felt-lined black cloth clamshell case with black gilt morocco lettering label. Front board of book with one small spot on upper corner. Otherwise a fine copy.

"For a time, it was [Hemingway’s] plan to publish the tale as part of a collection, but he accepted an unusual offer to have it appear in a single installment of Life magazine. Its appearance in book form followed shortly. The Old Man and the Sea was an immediate success throughout the world. It was specifically cited when the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Hemingway in 1954. In fact, its success was so great that it led to a broad revival of interest in all of Hemingway’s works which has continued to the present day. It is a curious fact of literary history that a story which describes the loss of a gigantic prize provided the author with the greatest prize of his career." (from the Introduction)

Hanneman. LEC Bibliography.

HBS 69346.

$1,250.

Price: $1,250.00

Item #69346