Hemingway, Ernest — The Old Man and the Sea

London, Jonathan Cape, 1953. First printing of this edition. Paperback. 6th impression (2nd impression after the type was reset). Blue cloth boards stamped in brown on a light blue panel on the spine with decoative emblem in brown on the upper panel. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. The protected dust jacket is a little rubbed at the edges and has a small closed tear. The front pastedown endpaper has a small printed label from Galignani - Librairie francaise et etrangère, 224 rue de Rivoli, Paris. Laid in is in article from the Daily Mail dated 26 January 1954 detailing Hemingway's narrow escape from a plane crash in Africa and an article (in French) from Le Montagne dated 23 September 1972 discussing Hemingway's depressions and suicide attempts. Very Good/very good.