NMLP P-013135 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Tales of the South Pacific

James A. Michener · The Macmillan Company (New York) · 1947

US Macmillan 1947 true first; Michener's first book and the 1948 Pulitzer winner. The small print run makes the first issue in the first-issue jacket highly collectible.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-013135 for "Tales of the South Pacific" by James A. Michener (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-013135, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).