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Tales of the South Pacific (Books into Film, First Australian Edition, Pulitzer Prize)
by Michener, James A
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Just About Near Fine
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd, 1951. First Australian Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Just About Near Fine. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in black onto spine, 8vo (8-1/4 inches tall), pp. v, (viii), 309, stated first Australian edition, having "1st Australian Edition 1951" printed on the copyright page, immediately following "Twelfth Printing 1950" and with "1951" printed on the foot of the title page. Volume with heel of spine softened, faint offset to feps from jacket flaps, text block edges a little toned with tiny amount of scattered foxing, vintage bookseller's tag to front pastedown. Unclipped DJ with some toning to edges and light edge wear, a vertical rub to spine panel and a small one inch by quarter inch chip from top edge of back panel - not affecting any text. Michener's first published book and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1948. Tales of the South Pacific tells through a collection of stories, about American sailors living and working in the Pacific Theater during W.W.II. Later produced both on stage and made into a film of the same name. This first Australian edition has same great John O'Hara Cosgrave II DJ artwork as the US first edition. Ref. Groseclose, A.003.g (p.295).
Synopsis
Tales of the South Pacific is a Pulitzer Prize winning collection of sequentially related short stories about World War II, written by James A. Michener in 1946. The stories were based on observations and anecdotes he collected while stationed as a lieutenant commander in the US Navy on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands (now known as Vanuatu). The skipper of PT-105 met Michener while stationed at the PT boat base on Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1652
- Title
- Tales of the South Pacific (Books into Film, First Australian Edition, Pulitzer Prize)
- Author
- Michener, James A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Just About Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Australian Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1951
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Books into Film;
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Nelson, British Columbia
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Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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