Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Scribners, New York, 1960.
Price: US$26.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition of the "School Edition" of this highlight of American literature. Designated "A-9.60 [V]". Definitely a teacher's copy easily identified by the notes and pencil highlights throughout text and feps and pastedowns. Text is tight. A must for the Hemingway completist. Accurate descriptions/Quality Books
Seller: Novel Ending Books, Franklin, TN, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Scribners, New York, 1960.
Price: US$39.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: As described in Hanneman, A-24B, the Scribners Special Student's Edition, the DJ is blue paper with an illustrated cover, the copyright page designation is A-9.60 (V). 1.60 stamped on the front endpaper, most likely from a college bookstore, the original price. Minor staining to the DJ spine. Gilt stamped illustration of the Swordfish on the front cover, gilt lettering on the spine of the volume. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Wayward Books, south dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Scribners A-9.60[V] to copyright page. 5 x 7 1/4 Book; binding tight, straight boards have mild toning to very top edges; soil speck to top and fore edges else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket has moderate toning to spine and mild toning to top covers and flap folds with few minor chips to edges, five small holes to flap folds and one to rear cover by spine. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Charles Scribners Sons, New York, 1960.
Price: US$77.40 + shipping
Description: Nice copy. Scribner's A on copyright page. Unmarked, tight and square. Appears unread. No price on jacket. This was a special students edition, college department of Scribners. Boards and jacket are light blue. In mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Charles Scribners, New York, 1960.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first printing of this edition - the Special Student's Edition - published by Charles Scribners in 1960. Bearing the requisite ' A ' code to the copyright page ( A - 9.60 [V] ) An uncommon edition. Bound in publisher's blue boards and slightly darker blue cloth. Both the book and the dust jacket are near fine; a very attractive example.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in quarter blue cloth over turquoise paper covered boards, in a Fine green dustwrapper, just a little toned along spine panel. 127pp. A book which seldom shows up in very nice condition. Grissom A.24.8.a Q14850
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA **ILLUSTRATED**. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1960.
Price: US$188.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp: [10]11-138 [1]. THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION published in 1960. Pictorial dust jacket with three shades of blue. Black cloth covered spine, blue cloth covered boards with illustration on the front board stamped in gilt and publisher's seal on the rear panel also stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Includes pictorial endpapers, frontispiece, and title page. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard. Very good with a previous owner's initials on the endpaper. The price-clipped jacket has three areas of external tape repair at the top of the rear panel, top of the spine, and vase of the spine. One is two inches in length (top of spine) and two are about one-half inch each. In addition, there is light edge wear at the spine ends and edges. Finalist for the 1953 National Book Award. There is no embossed slug in the bottom corner of the rear panel.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man And The Sea (Illustrated Edition). Scribner's, New York, 1960.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition Thus.-- Illustrated Edition. Copyright page code "A.9:60 [Q]" to denote 1st Edition and 1960 date. Blue boards with black cloth spine and gold lettering. Gold topstain. 138 pages. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard. Previous owners inscription and small decal on front end page. DJ has edge wear and chipping; price-clipped; mylar protected. NOT the more common 'student edition' or 'bookclub edition'. Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1960.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Illustrated Edition with A-9.60(Q) on the copyright page. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Dustjacket presents as fine with minor expert repair to spine ends. The colors of the dustjacket are bright and rich. Book is as new, bound in black cloth and blue buckram with gold lettering and decoration. Decorated endpapers show the marlin and the fisherman's boat. Top edges gilt. Scarce in this condition. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING WITH "A-9.60[Q]" ON COPYRIGHT PAGE. Book is FINE except for previous owners name and neat book plate. Binding is super tight, boards clean and new, internal pages clean bright and new. Dust jacket is VERY GOOD with chipping at top spine and front and closed tears in back. Unclipped dust jacket price of $5.00 present and bright. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS COPY!! The first illustrated edition pubished in 1960. Pictorial dust jacket with three shades of blue. Black cloth covered spine, blue cloth covered boards with illustration on the front board stamped in gilt and publisher's seal on the rear panel also stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Includes pictorial endpapers, frontispiece, and title page. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard.
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.