Tales of the South Pacific
by MICHENER, JAMES A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1947. First Edition. Previous owner’s inscription and small inkstampon front pastedown. Pages slightly tanned as usual, a little rubbing to cloth, very good in an internally repaired dust jacket with a little show through in a couple of places. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the basis of the 1949 Rodger and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific.
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
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11438J
- Title
- Tales of the South Pacific
- Author
- MICHENER, JAMES A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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