Le vieil Homme et la Mer

Anthracite morocco binding, gilt title lenghtwise, date at the foot, black stingray boards framed in morocco, gilt decorative paper endleaves, original wrappers preserved, gilt edges, an elegant binding signed Boichot. Like most copies, two sunned spots to head and foot of spine, title-page and half-title slightly shaded due to the paper's acidity.
Rare deluxe-paper copy of one of the most influential texts of 20th-century literature, housed in an uncommon stingray binding recalling the famous fish, "bright in the sun" as Hemingway wrote.