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Michener, James A. Tales of the South Pacific. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947 8vo, FIRST EDITION, first printing, original orange-brown cloth, spine stamped in blue, DUST-JACKET, previous ownership signature on front free endpaper, light browning, jacket worn with chipping and some loss around spine ﻿Michener's first book which was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the source for Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific.

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james a. michener | tales of the south pacific, 1947

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8vo, FIRST EDITION, original light brown cloth, DUST-JACKET, jacket very slightly worn

tales of the south pacific. new york: macmillan company, 1947

i. The Source. New York: Random House, [1965], 8vo, FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, minimal wear to jacket

i. The Source. New York: Random House, [1965], 8vo, FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, minimal wear to jacketii. another copy, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 417 of 500 copies signed by the author and specially bound, original black cloth, original blue boards slipcase

two copies of the source, comprising:

Tales of the South Pacific. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947, first edition, light browning at edges as usual, fraying at extremities of jacket, small repair at head of spine, horizontal fold across both panels, wear along length of spine; Tales of the South Pacific. Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade, 1951, first Australian edition, presentation inscription in ink on front endpaper; Return to Paradise. 1951, clear acetate jacket, ink inscription on front endpaper; The Voice of Asia. 1951; The Bridges at Toko-Ri. 1953, review slip loosely inserted; Sayonara. 1954 (2 copies); The Bridge at Andau. 1957; Hawaii. 1959, number 379 of 400 copies signed by the author, brown cloth as issued, slipcase with printed publisher's labels; The Drifters. 1971, number 191 of 500 copies signed by the author, specially bound in brown-orange cloth and slipcase; Centennial. 1979, number 328 of 500 copies signed by the author, blue cloth and slipcase as issued; Space. 1982, number 155 of 500 copies signed by the author, original silver cloth, without dust-jacket as issued, slipcase; Space. 1982, uncorrected page proof, red wrappers; Alaska. 1988, number 367 of 1,000 copies signed by the author, white cloth and slipcase as issued; and one other, unopened (in shrinkwrap); all New York: Random House, all 8vo, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets (except where stated otherwise), some jackets slightly frayed at extremities, very occasional spotting or browning (15)

a collection of 15 volumes, comprising:

Tales of the South Pacific. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947

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