September 1, 1952

From Life Magazine: *The Old Man And The Sea* by Hemingway, a complete new book, first publication.” The true first edition of this important short novel appeared in *Life* a week before publication of the novel in book form. One of Hemingway’s most beloved books, awarded the Pulitzer Prize and seen by many as a later-career return to form, the title which cinched the Nobel Prize for the author.