Tales of the South Pacific (Books into Film, First Australian Edition, Pulitzer Prize)
Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd., 1951. First Australian Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in black onto spine, 8vo (8-1/4 inches tall), pp. v, (viii), 309, stated first Australian edition, having "1st Australian Edition 1951" printed on the copyright page, immediately following "Twelfth Printing 1950" and with "1951" printed on the foot of the title page. Volume with heel of spine softened, faint offset to feps from jacket flaps, text block edges a little toned with tiny amount of scattered foxing, vintage bookseller's tag to front pastedown. Unclipped DJ with some toning to edges and light edge wear, a vertical rub to spine panel and a small one inch by quarter inch chip from top edge of back panel - not affecting any text. Near Fine / Just About Near Fine. Item #1652
Michener's first published book and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1948. Tales of the South Pacific tells through a collection of stories, about American sailors living and working in the Pacific Theater during W.W.II. Later produced both on stage and made into a film of the same name. This first Australian edition has same great John O'Hara Cosgrave II DJ artwork as the US first edition. Ref. Groseclose, A.003.g (p.295).
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