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Michener, James A.. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Macmillan, 1950.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First thus edition, 12th printing. So stated. Very good, tight binding. Free of former owner writing or bookplates. Endpapers have some foxing. Very good unpriced jacket. Presumed book club ed. (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) ; 8vo
Seller: Abound Book Company, Overland Park, KS, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan Company, New York, 1950.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Short stories. Eleventh printing. Covers nice, light bumps on the spine ends. Interior clean and tight, pages toned, spots on the book edges. Dust jacket rubbed and sunned, ragged tear on the rear panel. two old tape repairs, other edge wear, front flap clipped at the bottom, possibly removing a book club statement. DJ will be wrapped in a mylar slip before shipping. Early printing of author's first book.
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. MacMillan, 1950.
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ; Beige cloth cover is worn at corners and spine caps with modest soiling and discoloration but overall in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Tape residue on front paste down. Pages are modestly toned but clean and in very good condition.
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Tales of the South Pacific. The Macmillan Company, 1950.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York,1950; brown cloth covered boards; simple illustration of front board; corners bumped; spine edges bumped; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; previous owner's name on front paste-down; interior clean and unmarked; 326 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. Tales of the South Pacific. The Macmillan Co.,, New York:, 1950.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Very good+ largely due to the fact that the first free end paper has been cut out, otherwise the book and its binding are in near fine condition In a very good+ dust jacket with modest wear and flecking of the colors at the spine ends. The price on the flap ($3.00) is intact. On the upper edge of the jacket flap a previous owner has written the date "May 10, 1951". An attractive early printing of Michener's first novel which became a best seller. 326 pages of text.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James. Tales of the South Pacific. , 1950.
Price: US$49.50 + shipping
Description: MICHENER, James. Tales of the South Pacific. Original pictorial cloth. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. Later printing. Presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, "The Colony Club, March 10, 1953. To Annette M. Schieffelin, In recollection of a pleasant afternoon. James A. Michener." Fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan company, New York, 1950.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Brown cloth, 326 pages, 8.5-in tall. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Seller: Sandhill Books, Spring Green, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$73.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. No DJ. 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 (name only.no inscription). Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with light rubbing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
James A.Michener. Tales of the South Pacific. Macmillan, NY, 1950.
Price: US$81.90 + shipping
Description: Light brown brds. with blue lettering on the spine on this eleventh printing HC. The binding is tight,the book and text are clean. Prev.owner's gift inscription and date on the ffep.The DJ shows moderate rubbing along front flap fold,moderate chipping to top of spine,along with an old damp stain to upper back edge.It's still bright and clean, not price clipped and in new Brodart.
Seller: Deborah Fiegl, Bookseller, Perry, NY, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Macmillan, New York, 1950.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific.. Macmillan,, NY:, 1950.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A collection of short stories. Pulitzer Prize winner. The basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, "South Pacific." American Booksellers Edition - limited to 1500 copies. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Faded along the spine, else very good in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and design. No dust jacket. ; 326 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific.. The Macmillan Company [1950], New York, 1950.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Later[Third] Printing of 1950. Originally published in 1947. A Fine copy in second state binding (with ship streaming in sea), in a Fair only later state dustwrapper, clipped on lower corner of front flap, with moderate loss to spine-ends, points and tops of panels. 326pp. Basis for the popular musical and later movie adaptation. Q16668
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific. MacMillan, New York, 1950.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: American Booksellers Edition, signed and limited to 1500 copies. Gilt partially worn from spine, otherwise near fine.
Seller: Old Inlet Bookshop, Homer, AK, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific [SIGNED Limited]. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1950.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Dark blue cloth, lettered/illus. in gold foil. [v],326 pp. We note a short closed tear along the bottom edge of one leaf that is clearly original to issue, otherwise only slight flecking to cloth in a few areas along spine panel. American Booksellers Edition, issued by Macmillan on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the ABA, limited to 1,500 copies signed by Michener on half-title. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, JAMES A.. Tales Of The South Pacific. New York: Macmillan, 1950, 1950.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: ABA Edition, issued for the Golden Anniversary of the American Booksellers Association. Spine lettering flaked, else a fine copy. Issued without dust jacket. One of 1500 copies signed by Michener. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, JAMES A.. Tales Of The South Pacific. New York: Macmillan, 1950, 1950.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: ABA Edition, issued for the Golden Anniversary of the American Booksellers Association. Spine lettering flaked and rubbed, else a near fine copy; issued without dust jacket. One of 1500 copies signed by Michener. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, JAMES A.. Tales Of The South Pacific. New York: Macmillan, 1950, 1950.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: ABA Edition, issued for the Golden Anniversary of the American Booksellers Association. Spine lettering flaked and rubbed, else a near fine copy; issued without dust jacket. One of 1500 copies signed by Michener. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
MICHENER, JAMES A.. Tales Of The South Pacific. New York: Macmillan, 1950, 1950.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: ABA Edition, issued for the Golden Anniversary of the American Booksellers Association. Spine a bit dull, a fine copy; issued without dust jacket. One of 1500 copies signed by Michener. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
James A.Michener. Tales of The South Pacific. Macmillan amd Co., 1950.
Price: US$341.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by author. Limited Golden Anniversary Edition (out of 1500 copies). Hardcover showing minor scuffing. Spine is uncreased. Edges and corners showing minor wear. Pages are unmarked or folded. Spine and cover edges have minor frays while pages are colored from age
Seller: GridFreed, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James A.. Tales of the South Pacific.. Macmillan, New York, 1950.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 326 pp. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth (lacking glassine wrapper). American Booksellers Edition; one of 1500 copies signed by Michener. Spine faded and worn at extremities; some wear to corners; good to very good.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Macmillan, New York, 1950.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Gilt pictorial blue cloth. Spine gilding slightly rubbed and dull, otherwise a very good copy, without the glassine jacket. Special anniversary edition. One of fifteen hundred copies prepared for the Golden Anniversary of the American Booksellers Association, signed by the author. The sourcework for both the stage and screen adaptations as SOUTH PACIFIC.
Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Michener, James.. Tales of the South Pacific.. NY. Macmillan. 1950., 1950.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, thus. Special autographed edition limited to 1500 copies on the occasion of the Golden Anniversary of the American Booksellers Association. VG- in woven dark blue cloth stamped in gold on front boards and spine. Spine gilt is worn away, and the gilt on the front boards is lightly flecked. Internally very clean and tight with name discretely penned at the top of the front endpaper. With touches of light leaching of color to the cloth at the bottom of the front and rear boards and the spine where some tape was apparently removed . In an acetate protective jacket. First Edition, thus.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Michener, James. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Macmillan, 1950.
Price: US$386.28 + shipping
Description: TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Macmillan, 1950, the special edition to celebrate the Golden Anniversary of the American Booksellers Association, just about a fine copy of this, the authors first book. SIGNED by Michener on the half-title page. One of allegedly 1,500 copies, all of which were issued without a printed dust-wrapper. This copy has the American Booksellers Association Golden Anniversary gift card with notice of where to pick up your gift laid in as well.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
MICHENER, James. Tales of The South Pacific. Macmillan, New York, 1950.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, blue cloth, printed in gilt, without dust wrapper, as issued. (spine title slightly dulled, but legible). N.Y.; Macmillan, 1950. Special autographed edition, limited to 1500 copies for the American Booksellers Association.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.