Hemingway, Ernest

8vo (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 216 x 140 mm). Publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in silver-gilt; spine slightly faded and rubbed, some wear and fading to extremities.  Original pictorial dust-jacket; spine trifle faded, some wear to head of spine, foot of spine chipped.  Half blue morocco gilt clamshell case.

Hanneman A24.A

Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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"'I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing,' the old man said. 'They say his father was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are and would understand."

First edition. A fine association copy, signed by Joe DiMaggio on the half-title. In Hemingway's last major work of fiction, his main character, Santiago, looks to the character and talents of Joltin' Joe as a touchstone and inspiration in his struggles and disappointments in life. The old man mentions DiMaggio to great effect seven times in the course of the novel.

"Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio"