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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10562125267236 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1429 (17) |
| Category: |
War & Military - WW2 |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
by James Michener
DESCRIPTION
Format: small cloth board hardcover
Published: Dymock's Book Arcade 1951, 1st Australian edition
Size (mm): 150 w x 215 h x 25 d
Pages: 309
SKU: A5/2512/U237
ABOUT
Tells through a collection of stories, about American sailors living and working in the Pacific theater during World War Two.
Enter the exotic world of the South Pacific, meet the men and women caught up in the drama of a big war. The young Marine who falls madly in love with a beautiful Tonkinese girl. Nurse Nellie and her French planter, Emile De Becque. The soldiers, sailors, and nurses playing at war and waiting for love in a tropic paradise.
Originally published in 1946, this is the first Australian edition 1951.
No images.
Includes a separate newspaper cutting.
CONDITION
No dust jacket—first image for illustrative purposes only.
Excellent with only light wear/fading on covers, faint marks/name on end paper, pages clean with the odd mark. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce Australian edition.
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