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Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific.. Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: pp.viii+326. 21cm. Hard cover. Small marks to the cloth. The text block tanned, foxing to end papers and fore-edge of pages. Ink name and address (P.A. Snow, the Pacific author. Suva, Fiji, 1947). Good copy.
Seller: Peter Moore Bookseller, (Est. 1970) (PBFA, BCSA), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Michener, James. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan, New York, 1947.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Does not state first printing. Apparently a facsimile edition in jacket that lacks price. Tan cloth with pictorial vignette on front cover. Jacket creased on spine, frayed at extremities and one corner.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan, New York, 1947.
Price: US$17.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with DJ. Book Club Edition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers (tan boards with blue line drawing of island and boat) show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.00 + shipping
Description: Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 326 pps.
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Michener James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1947.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Previous owners book plate inside on front free end paper. Author's first book.
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan, New York, 1947.
Price: US$59.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third printing (so stated). Previous owner's name, dated May 1947, is penciled on the front free endpaper. The leaves are tanned. The boards are faintly stained. The spine ends are softened. In a square, sound binding with hinges intact. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Banjo Booksellers, IOBA, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. The Macmillan Company New York, 1947.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Ochre cloth with black lettering. Slight slant to the binding (see photo) Dustjacket: Some nicks and small tear on front bottom right. Appears to be a Facsimile of the First Edition. James Michener's first novel. From the jacket, "The tales are told by a young naval officer whose duties on an Admiral's staff take him up and down the islands. The collection of tales is set against the background of the South Pacific, the endless ocean, the coral specks called islands, the coconut palms, the reefs, the lagoons, the jungles, and the full moon rising against the volcanoes." We, at Coalesce Bookstore, thank our customers and supporters, acknowledging that what we do would not be possible were it not for each of you.
Seller: Coalesce Bookstore, Morro Bay, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan, New York, 1947.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G+. Stated second printing. Appears to be ex-library from red ink stamps and tape/adhesive damage to front inside cover ("15c for 3 days, 5c each add'l day"), but is in extremely good shape if it is, as it shows minimal other signs of use or wear inside. Corners and edges of boards are worn, mild fraying on lower edges, slight soiling/discoloration on boards, else nice reading copy. Binding solid and straight, some tape damage on interior rear board, else interior unmarked and clean aside from aforementioned ex-library markings.
Seller: Nick of All Trades, Penn Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales Of The South Pacific. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, NEW YORK, NY, 1947.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards: title on spine, book wear, shelf edge, wear rubs, corner bumps, soil marks, light discoloration. Interior: pages browned. DATE PUBLISHED: 1947 EDITION: SECOND PRINTIN 326
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of The South Pacific. MACMILLAN, NEW YORK, 1947.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Owner's signature on front free cover. Front up right corner bending. DATE PUBLISHED: 1947 EDITION: SECOND PRINTIN 326
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan Publishing, USA, 1947.
Price: US$167.90 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Macmillan Publishing 1947 Book-of-the-month Club Fine/New DJ "First Printing" stated on copyright page. "1947" on title page and copyright page. 326 pages. No dollar amt on dust jacket. Size: 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 1 inches. Faint blind stamp on lower back about 1/16 inch from bottom, near spine.
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, JAMES. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan, New York, 1947.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of several book club issues, this one nearly identical to the first edition but with no price on front flap and with publisher's name and address at lower edge of rear flap. Fine in fine dustjacket. A gorgeous copy.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp: 326. FIRST PRINTING stated on copyright page. Pictorial dust jacket, burnt orange coloured cloth boards with lettering reading top to bottom on the spine. A collection of related short stories. First book, source of the famous movie and musical, Pulitzer Prize winner. The original $3 price is placed vertically at the top edge of the front flap. The text block has some toning, more apparent along the edges, which is likely common due to the low quality wartime paper stock. The book has lightly bumped corners, and spine ends. The text is clean, and free of any markings or notations. The jacket is in good condition only. There is a 3' BY 2" piece missing at the top of the front panel. The word 'Tales' is gone. Elsewhere, the spine ends have heavy wear, and the front fold has tears to the bottom half. There is a half-inch chip to the corner of the rear panel, just missing the photo of the author.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
Michener, James A.. Tales of The South Pacific. MacMillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$413.00 + shipping
Description: "[A] collection of tales.told by a young naval officer whose duties. take him up and down the islands." Michener's first novel, based on his experiences in the US Navy in the Pacific theater during W.W.II. After winning the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1948, it was loosely adapted the following year as the Broadway musical, "South Pacific." Notably, the book decried racism towards Asian and African Americans. 8vo, 326pp, orange cloth, blue title on spine, original illustrated dj. Dj has chip at spine top, dusty, price clipped, in protective mylar. Pages toned to margins, as typical.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan & Co., New York, 1947.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This was Michener's first book for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. Bound in tan cloth with bright blue lettering on the spine. The lightest hint of shelf wear to the , tips of the spine and corners (very light!). Without question very good to near fine copy. Owner's small stamp on fep. There is actually very little browning to the pages. The title page and the first 5-6 pages that follow have browned but the rest of the book has faded a bit but only around the edges. The obverse of the title page states that book was printed by the "Vail-Ballou Press, Inc." and "First Printing." This is about as nice as it gets. Digital photograph on request.
Seller: Cat House Books LLC, Pensacola, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [viii], 326 pages. Original hardcover binding with moderate shelfwear, including minor bumping to the corners. The original unclipped dustjacket is slightly faded on the spine, and is heavily shelfworn with numerous chips, tears, and creases; protected in archival mylar. Signed and lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper: 2 May 1947 Dear Dr. Whipple, I'm not so good a geographer as you. But you may find some sidelights on primitive life in here. Hope you don't edit it as roughly as Dr. Walters does! [signed] James A. Michener." Small stain to the bottom edge affecting about 24 pages. The text is consistently browned throughout but is clean and unmarked. Stated: Third printing.
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Tales of the South Pacific (SIGNED). Macmillan, New York, 1947.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Macmillan, New York. 1950. 326 pages. First Edition 11th printing Original DJ with $4.50 price intact on DJ flap. Signed and dated by James Michener on FFEP. Book is near fine with only flaw being some minor rubbing to cloth. Binding and hinges are strong. Pages lay tight. Endpapers are clean. DJ is bright and attractive. Light shelfrub at foot and crown of DJ spine; and flap fold. A very nice early copy of the classic and Pulitzer Prize winner; signed by James Michener.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, v, 326 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white and graphic with black and white lettering. Variant dust jacket of first printing, no priority. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$3.00" on lower corner of front flap. Minor shelf wear. Creasing along edges of dust jacket. Age toning and light soiling to rear cover. Age toning to text block. Signature of previous owner on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 6. 1372923. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales Of The South Pacific. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$725.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, v, [3], 326pp. Orange-beige cloth, title printed in blue on spine, light rubbing to edges. Stated "first printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, toning to leaves as expected. Housed in a facsimile dust jacket. This copy is signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. An attractive copy. Tales of the South Pacific is the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of short stories by author James A. Michener. It follows his experience during World War II while stationed at Vanuatu. It was later adapted into a Broadway Musical (South Pacific) by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Michener won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948 and would go on to write over forty books during his lifetime.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Tales of the South Pacific [Signed]. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. Second Printing. Signed by James Michener at front free endpaper, dated 31 March 1947 and with brief inscription to previous owner at front free endpaper. Octavo. 326 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$3.00" price present. Brown boards stamped in blue. Dust jacket chipped at base of spine with a few short tears and general rubbing. Boards bumped at extremities and binding is sound. Pages toned as is common with this title, but unmarked. Michener's first book, the loosely connected collection of tales went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into the Broadway musical South Pacific.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Tales of the South Pacific. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Tales of the South Pacific" by James A. Michener. First edition, first printing with a first issue dust jacket. Dust jacket is the variant with $3.00 price printed horizontally at base of front flap (no priority per Ahearn APG). The dust jacket illustrator's name is present vertically on the front panel. Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947. Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. 8vo, 326 pp.The dust jacket is in good condition. Moderate creasing and chipping to the edges, spine and flap folds. A large chip is missing from the front panel, affecting the author's name. A large chip is missing from the top edge of the rear panel around to the front panel. Sunning to the panels and spine. First edition points as follows: "First Printing" is stated on the top of the copyright page. Printed by "THE VAIL-BALLOU PRESS INC." is stated on the bottom of the copyright page. Book is bound in orange-beige cloth, with letters on spine stamped in blue and no design on the front. The book is in good plus to very good condition minus. The boards are well preserved with vibrant lettering on the spine. Gift inscription on front endpaper and previous owner's signature on front paste-down. The front board is cracked at the hinge at the title page, exposing the webbing underneath. Previous bookstore's sticker on the rear paste-down. The textblock is toned but clean. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. Inventory # (C12-4).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
MICHENER, JAMES A. Tales of the South Pacific. New York Macmillan 1947, 1947.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Previous ownerÕs 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.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Stated First Printing of author's first solo book. Original orange cloth with blue title on spine in price-clipped at top and bottom of front flap of dust jacket. Title page has slight wrinkling at top and bottom near the spine of the binding, paper is time toned as usual. Dust jacket has small chips at spine ends and rear flap and front corners. Scarce title. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated first edition full cloth hard cover with first state dust jacket showing price of $3.00 vertically at top of front flap. Bump to spine head. Front hinge repair. Pages toned at margins. Clean copy with tips only slightly rubbed. No ownership or other markings. 326pp. Dust jacket is neatly four-corner trimmed at flaps, although $3.00 price remains intact. Shallow chipping at spine ends and corners with several short closed edge tears. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 326 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed on the ffep: "Dear Ted (Spence), It's a deep pleasure to have this in the hands of a man who has been such a constant, friendly help. (and I phrsaed this before you got promoted!) Jim Michener." Groseclose A.003a; Eighty-Nine Good Novels of the Sea (Lilly Library) Original tan cloth, with front flap of jacket retained, very good
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan Co., New York, NY, U.S.A., 1947.
Price: US$1830.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Author's first novel. A fine / near fine first edition, first printing. The DJ is now protected. A beautifully preserved book. In a slipcase.
Seller: The Book Lovers, Philo, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific.. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in tan cloth stamped in blue, in a Very Good original dustwrapper, variant unclipped with $3.00 price at bottom corner. Book is the best example we've ever seen, virtually unworn, with almost none of the toning to text paper. Jacket has tiny loss to spine ends, flap tips. 326pp. SIGNED by Michener on a custom cameo card with title hand-typed in. Michener's first regularly published book, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and the basis for the 1949 Broadway musical South Pacific and later movie version [1958] with Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston, etc. Q16667
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James. Tales of the South Pacific. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing stated. Signed by James Michener, and inscribed to a former owner in the year of publication, reading "21 February 1947 / Dear Gates / Would that this had been pulled from the production line of the 30th printing. Live the poems of [?], these stories are sent to a friend -- and a fine one, too. [signed] Jim Michener." Bound in publisher's beige-orange colored cloth with spine stamped in blue. Very Good, with pages toned and cloth rubbed at the extremities. In a supplied later state dust jacket with price printed horizontally; lightly edgeworn and lightly edge-stained, and a bit rippled. Michener's first book, a Pulitzer Prize winning collection of short stories about the Pacific Campaign in World War II.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Michener's first book and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This copy with a very early INSCRIPTION dated 27 May 1947 SIGNED by the author: "Dear Jim,/The first serious writing I/did came your way. This one/had a better fortune, thanks to the/passing of time and some millions of/acres of the Pacific. It's been a treat knowing you./Jim Michener." We can only speculate who Jim was, but obviously he was of some importance to Michener very early in his career. Housed in a handsome and recent navy blue half morocco clamshell box. The brittleness of the cheap paper, found in every copy we have seen, is much in evidence with a very short tear at the top margin running through nearly every page of the book. The covers also have short tears near the spine at the top and bottom. The upper front corner is bumped, and a darker shade at the very head of the spine indicates that a dustwrapper was present on this book for quite some time. All that is left is the rear flap which is laid in. Good copy only, but a great, early inscription and housed in a Fine box
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$3125.00 + shipping
Description: Michener's first book and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This copy with the typical browning to the paper though not as bad as usually found. The endpapers and pastedowns at front and rear have some foxing that does not enter the text. The dustwrapper has the $3.00 price horizontally at the bottom of the front flap and is quite bright with just a little edgewear at the corners and spine tips and no tears, chips, or creases of any significance. Difficult to find a better copy. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper and very scarce as such
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan, New York, 1947.
Price: US$3495.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, NICE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 189 pages. Michener's first book and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Stated first printing on the copyright page. A handsome, collectible copy!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by James Michener on the page before the title page. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $3.00 printed price present on the front flap with minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's original cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: Inscribed first edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Pacific campaign of WWII, adapted into a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and a film. James A. Michener's first novel was inspired by his time in the US Navy during the Second World War, serving in the Pacific theater. It is notable for how it addresses US racism towards Asian and Black people, decrying it as both morally reprehensible and harmful to military unity. After winning the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1948, it was adapted into the now-classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, which itself was adapted into an Oscar-winning film. An American classic with a delightful inscription. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original brown cloth binding with blue spine titles. Original unclipped ($3.00) color pictorial dust jacket with illustration by J. OH. Cosgrave II. 326 pages. Inscribed by Michener to front pastedown, dated 28 January 1947. Jacket restored, with some soiling to panels and a bit of cockling. Leaves toned to margins, as typical. Shows nicely. Near fine in very good restored dust jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.