The Old Man and the Sea - Hardcover

Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some minor loss), dust-toned dw & price-clipped dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's minor inscription to front free endpaper Physical description: 127 p. ; 20 cm. Summary: First published in 1952, the Nobel Prize-winning story tells of an old man's tragic fishing trip. The story is of a heroic duel between the old fisherman and a huge marlin way off Havana, and its subsequent destruction by sharks. Subject: American fiction - 20th century. Fiction in English. Fiction: English literature. Character studies: Friendship: Sea stories: Big game fishing - Fiction. Older people men - Psychology - Fiction. Genre: Fiction.