HEMINGWAY - OLD MAN AND THE SEA 1st edition, 1957, leather

HEMINGWAY Ernest

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

Translated by Bronislaw Zielinski.

Cover designed by Jan S. Miklaszewski

Warsaw 1956, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, pp. 87, [1]; format 12.5x20cm

The novel, which collects the author's experiences during the war, is one of the classic works of world battle literature. It reveals the mindless cruelty and senseless tragedy of the mass killing of people. It is both one of the most beautiful and saddest love novels of 20th century literature.

First Polish postwar edition.

HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER. COVERS SURROUNDED BY GOLD EMBOSSING AND BLIND BORDER. SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS AND GILT LETTERING. HAND-DYED MARBLED PAPER ON ENDPAPERS, ALL PAGE EDGES GILT. INTERIOR OF COVERS FINISHED WITH BLIND-STAMPED BORDER.

BOTH PUBLISHER'S BOOKLET COVERS PRESERVED

Condition BDB-/ publisher's covers slightly tattered, NICE BINDING