Franklin Library: Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea

Franklin Library FULL leather top-of-the-line edition of Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea," Illustrated by Daniel Schwartz, Color Frontispiece portrait of Ernest Hemingway from a WALDO PIERCE painting, one of the PULITZER PRIZE series, published in 1975. Bound in a Most Handsome sea blue Moroccan cowhide with a picture of a huge marlin fish jumping out of the sea, the book has navy blue French moire silk endleaves, hubbed spines,  satin bookmarker, 22 kt.  gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition---except for minor shelf wear. Hemingway was born in 1899  in OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, to a medical doctor and a musician mother.  "Ernie" attended the local high school, writing stories for the newspaper.  Hemingway did not attend college, opting to work for the Kansas City Star and later the Toronto newspapers. Hemingway married Hadley Richardson and with her "trust fund," the couple moved to Paris where Hemingway worked as a "news correspondent" and wrote novels.  In Paris, Hemingway became part of the "expatriates"----along with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson, Ezra Pound.  Gertrude Stein told Ernest that he and the others were part of the "lost generation."  Hemingway wrote "The Sun Also Rises" in 1926, followed by "A Farewell to Arms" in 1929.  Hemingway divorced Hadley and married PAULINE PFEIFFER, daughter of an enormously wealthy Arkansas planter---the Pfeiffers owned 65,000 acres of rich ARKANSAS Delta land.  Indeed, Pauline's Uncle Gus Pfeiffer financed Hemingway's first African safari.  Ernest divorced Pauline in 1940 and married Martha Gelhorn.  In 1940, he published "For Whom the Bell Tolls," the story of the Spanish Civil War. Martha and Ernest divorced and he married Mary Walsh.  Hemingway lived and worked in KEY WEST, FLORIDA, in Cuba, and later he moved to SUN VALLEY, IDAHO, where he shot himself in 1961.  When Hemingway won the coveted NOBEL PRIZE in 1954, "Old Man" was specially cited---contrary to the Nobel tradition that an author was to be honored for the whole body of his work. "The Old Man and the Sea" is the story of SANTIAGO, the old man, who had gone 84 days without catching a fish.  His  helpful, young boy was not allowed to go out to sea with him. Santiago goes out farther than he has ever gone and he hooks a "great marlin," struggling all night with the huge fish.  He dreams of JOE DIMAGGIO and thinks about everything under the stars off the coast of CUBA.  Folks, this is a MAGNIFICENT book---a RARE title.  Shipping in U.S. with media postage is $4.00 or $10.00 priority shipping or actual charges world-wide.  Seller accepts PayPal or personal checks---held until check clears bank---or immediate shipment with 50 positive feedbacks on Ebay.  Good luck and see my other fine books.