Tales of the South Pacific (First Printing) by Michener, James A - 1947

New York: Macmillan. Near Fine in Fair dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First printing of Michener's first novel and basis of the Rogers & Hammerstein musical "South Pacific." Pages browned as usual, with a newspaper clipping tipped to the front endpaper announcing that the book had won the Pulitzer Prize, and a short biography and photo of the author tipped to the half-title page. The first variant dust jacket (with price of $3.00 printed vertically at the top of the front flap) is heavily chipped, with the bottom half of the spine missing, another portion of spine missing affecting the top of "Tales of", and a triangular chip to the front panel affecting the "A" and "L" of the title. The rear panel is intact as is most of the art work on the front panel. .