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TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
by Michener, James A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, v, 326 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white and graphic with black and white lettering. Variant dust jacket of first printing, no priority. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$3.00" on lower corner of front flap. Minor shelf wear. Creasing along edges of dust jacket. Age toning and light soiling to rear cover. Age toning to text block. Signature of previous owner on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 6. 1372923. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1372923
- Title
- TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
- Author
- Michener, James A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- American Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Text Block
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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