TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
by MICHENER, James A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/issued without dj
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1950. First, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/issued without dj. 8vo, 326 pages, dark blue cloth, lightly scuffed rear cover
American Booksellers' Edition presented by Macmillan on the 50th Anniversary of The American Booksellers' Association. Special Autographed Edition is limited to 1500 copies, signed by Michener on the half-title. This first novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1948.
American Booksellers' Edition presented by Macmillan on the 50th Anniversary of The American Booksellers' Association. Special Autographed Edition is limited to 1500 copies, signed by Michener on the half-title. This first novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1948.
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
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0011535
- Title
- TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
- Author
- MICHENER, James A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- issued without dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First, Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- south pacific, james michener, pulitzer prize for fiction,
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Biblio member since 2005
Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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