Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener - 1947

New York: Macmillan, 1947. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, with title page dated 1947 and "First Printing" stated on the copyright page. In the true first-issue/first-state dust jacket with the $3.00 publisher's price vertically at the top of the front flap and publisher's diagonal clips on top and bottom corners of front flap, which was done to excise the two other prices it was still considering when the first-state dust jacket was first produced. The second and third-state dust jackets have either the price vertically at the top without the diagonal clips or the $3.00 price horizontally at the bottom after the publisher finalized its price. Also, the illustrator's name is present vertically on the edge of the front panel. Pale-orange full-cloth binding with plain unillustrated boards and blue lettering on the spine. 326 pages. NEAR FINE book in VERY GOOD - dust jacket. Book is bright and very clean with no sun fading. Only slight touches of wear along the edges and a very slight, barely noticeable small bump at the bottom front corner. Spotless but toned outer page edges with the toning extending mildly to the blank margins of the text pages. Pages are otherwise practically flawless, but the text opens wide at the title page and at page 18-19 but with no cracking or looseness. Otherwise tight and square with no cracking at the hinges. No previous owner signature or markings. Dust jacket is bright with only slight sun-fading to the spine. Structurally sound with no repairs and very little wear along the folds. Chipping to the spine ends and along the lower edge of the front panel and the upper edge of the rear panel along with small chips and closed tears at the corners. Some difficult to see, but rather large, very faint clear stains on the front panel. A small surface scrape on the spine. One small closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel and some slight creasing along the edges of the front and rear panels. The jacket is protected in a new archival mylar cover..