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Michener, James A.

Tales of the South Pacific

Macmillan: 1947
  • $650
Macmillan, 1947. First Edition (first printing). The first book by the author of THE DRIFTERS and HAWAII, a story collection told by a young naval officer whose duties took him up and down the islands in the south Pacific during World War II. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and basis for the musical play and film ("South Pacific"). Very Good+/Very Good+ -- the usual browning to the pages and the front hinge just starting. Price intact -- this is the issue with the $3.00 horizontally indicated at the bottom of the front dust jacket flap. Slight crimping and miniscule chipping at the head and foot of the jacket spine but overall a relatively clean copy of a book which is notorious for turning up in ratty condition. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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