[Rarebooks] FS: Superb INSCRIPTION in James Michener's First Book, Pulitzer Prize Winner TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, price greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:  WAS $2750    NOW $2000 NET

MICHENER, James. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. New York: The Macmillan 
Company, 1947. First Edition. 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. (#007945)        
$2,000.00

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