The Old Man and The Sea. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard. London: Reprint Society, 1953 [Johnathan Cape]. First Illustrated Edition. Pp, 117. Recent quarter morocco, marbled boards. Title lettered in gilt along spine. A fine copy, handsomely bound.

Precedes the First U.S. Illustrated Edition. The drawings are by C.F. Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard. Unusually the publisher’s included both artists as they found their different interpretations & styles so excellent and apt for the story.

Hemingway’s last major work of fiction that was published during his lifetime. “A masterly example of literary art, simple and magnificent.”

A nice gift copy.