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réf. 93124803New York 1927 Cosmopolitan. Black cloth very good 301p. 35 b. w. photos folding color map 15 x 23.5 cm. silver stamped. AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY on a clipped paper laid down. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION . . . AN EXCELLENT SOURCE ON SAIGON SCULPTURES OF ANGKOR . . . APSARAS STONE TEMPLES CAMBODIAN KING'S ELEPHANTS . . . THE KHMERS LAOTIAN DANCERS A.HANOI GARDEN . The author traveled throughout Cochin-China Cambodia and Laos in search of the ancient architectural stone ruins. He has written an exceptional narrative laced with his travel experiences impressions with the people customs flora and fauna. His description of the profane beauty the tattooed men concubines gentle beauty of the women the Me-Kong River as he traversed the countryside. . A keen work describing the people culture customs and his travels in Cambodia Laos old Annam & Tonking N. Vietnam. This is also a fascinating insight to his impression of Prince Phetsarath who was his guide around Vientiane. Nice views and commentaries on Angkor as well. Lovely primary insights to the area during the sleepy 1920's. . This work is also a record of the author's quest to find the second of two magnificent cities in Cambodia inhabited by the ancient Khmers: the first was the best known Angkor and the hitherto lost and vanished Wat-Phu. Wat-Phu was buried deep in the jungle abandoned and lost since the second century A.D. It vanished suddenly completely mysteriously and all that remained of it was smothered under eons of jungle growth. . Written by Hervey whose works led to such famous films as SHANGHAI EXPRESS 1932 starring: Marlene Dietrich Clive Brook and directed by Josef von Sternberg. Also his very memorable ROAD TO SINGAPORE 1940 starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. GREEN HELL 1940 AND GREEN HELL 1940 starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Joan Bennett directed by James Whale. . This work was based on the author's primary travels in Southeast Asia Indo-China and that area. . Exquisitely written flamboyant vocabulary distinct and elaborate descriptions in much detail and elaborate color. . PRESS REVIEWS: "King Cobra imparts all the tremendous excitement of coming upon a hidden treasure in the jungles of Indochina. Once I began to surrender to Hervey's spell I started as perhaps he did to lose all sense of where fact ended and fiction began." Pico Iyer . "Hervey sees the jungle one moment as a vindictive monster he next as an annihilating river beneath which a whole civilization drowns." Margaret Mead . REFERENCE: . A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HERVEY'S WRITINGS: . THE EUROPEAN INDIA 1913 . THE BLACK PARROT: A Tale of the Golden Chersonese 1923 . WHERE STRANGE GODS CALL 1924 . ETHAN QUEST: HIS SAGA 1925 . KING COBRA: An Autobiography of Travel in French Indo-China 1927. The same contents published in the UK under title: TRAVELS IN FRENCH INDO-CHINA 1928 . CONGAI. Mistress of Indochine 1927 . RED ENDING 1928 . THE DAMNED DON'T CRY 1939 . THE IRON WIDOW 1931 . BARRACOON 1950 . And others. WHO WAS HARRY HERVEY 1900-1951: . Harry Hervey was born in Beaumont Texas on November 5th 1900 but was educated in Savannah Georgia and Tennessee. He started writing at about age eight and sold his first work to H. L. Mencken at the age of sixteen. He spent much of his life at Savannah's old Desoto Hotel as his mother was in charge of housekeeping from 1923 to 1957. . Hervey has traveled widely in Asia Africa and the South Pacific. He authored twelve noels and numerous short stories and screenplays. Harry Hervey was a life-long bachelor and died at the age of fifty in New York on August 13th 1951. He is buried next to his mother Jane Louise Davis in Bonaventure Cemetery. unknown
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1931réf. 76122London: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1931. 8vo. 3 volumes. Numbered limited edition one of 900 copies. Bevelled buckram boards gilt crest to front in buckram slipcase. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Spines evenly sunned. Bindings square and tight. Fresh internally no markings. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Near Fine. Gilt Decorated Cloth. Limited Numbered Edition. 1931. Eyre and Spottiswoode 1931 hardcover
réf. 225712New York George H. Doran Company 1926. First edition. Small 8vo. Original tan wrappers stamped in black with photo of Du Bose Heyward on the front cover. 19 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Zane Grey's copy with his estate blindstamp on the upper front cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. New York, George H. Doran Company [1926]. paperback
1929réf. 83NY FARRAR 1929 1929. SIGNED BY ALLEN; NO DUST JACKET FIRST LARGE PAPER EDITION VERY GOOD. Signed by Authors. NY, FARRAR, 1929 unknown
réf. 225712New York George H. Doran Company 1926. First edition. Small 8vo. Original tan wrappers stamped in black with photo of Du Bose Heyward on the front cover. 19 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Zane Grey's copy with his estate blindstamp on the upper front cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. New York, George H. Doran Company [1926]. paperback books
1929réf. 83NY FARRAR 1929 1929. SIGNED BY ALLEN; NO DUST JACKET FIRST LARGE PAPER EDITION VERY GOOD. Signed by Authors. NY, FARRAR, 1929 unknown books
1938réf. 147687Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Harebrained comedy wherein international golf champion Richard "Ricky" Carrington Jr. Ray Milland returns home to New York with his new Parisian wife Julie Olympe Bradna only to find his parents arranged a financially motivated marriage for him to his childhood friend the wealthy heiress Auriol Marsden Irene Hervey. Self wrappers front wrapper dated August 16 1938 rubber-stamped production No. 1569. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered J-10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with two staples. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films. Paramount Pictures unknown
1938réf. 147687Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Paramount "File Copy" and "Master File" stamps on front wrapper. Script divided into sequences as was customary for the period. Harebrained comedy wherein international golf champion Richard "Ricky" Carrington Jr. Ray Milland returns home to New York with his new Parisian wife Julie Olympe Bradna only to find his parents arranged a financially motivated marriage for him to his childhood friend the wealthy heiress Auriol Marsden Irene Hervey. Self wrappers front wrapper dated August 16 1938 rubber-stamped production No. 1569. 150 leaves with last page of text numbered J-10. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine saddle-stapled with two staples. Byrge and Miller The Screwball Comedy Films. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1957réf. 77941London: Secker and Warburg 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First English edition as well as technically at least a photoplay edition with the jacket depicting the three faces of Joanne Woodward in the title role for the film. Fine in a lightly rubbed very good plus dustwrapper with a very small chip at the crown. This copy nicely Inscribed by co-author Thigpen: "July 24 1967. For Teddi With warm esteem and affection. Corbett." Nunnally Johnson wrote produced and directed the film adaptation featuring Oscar-winner Joanne Woodward David Wayne and Lee J. Cobb. Secker and Warburg hardcover
1957réf. 77941London: Secker and Warburg 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First English edition as well as technically at least a photoplay edition with the jacket depicting the three faces of Joanne Woodward in the title role for the film. Fine in a lightly rubbed very good plus dustwrapper with a very small chip at the crown. This copy nicely Inscribed by co-author Thigpen: "July 24 1967. For Teddi With warm esteem and affection. Corbett." Nunnally Johnson wrote produced and directed the film adaptation featuring Oscar-winner Joanne Woodward David Wayne and Lee J. Cobb. Secker and Warburg hardcover books
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réf. 6496350Taylor & Francis Group . Hardback. New. pp. 304 2nd Edition Taylor & Francis Group hardcover
1765réf. 11930Amsterdam Pieter Meijer 1765. 4 delen titelprent met verklaring XXXVI 360 4 398 4 384 4 464 p. Origineel leer met ribben 8° Compleet met titelprent en 24 prenten een fraaie set. Amsterdam, Pieter Meijer unknown
1767réf. P237London: Messrs Walkingham et al. 1767. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. 12mo. vi ii 226pp half-title plan of the Paraclete. Full calf rubbed but intact. Messrs Walkingham et al. hardcover
1938réf. 1006010001E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 3 volume set. 8vo. Green cloth. Clean unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Shelf wear. Light insect damage to edges. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US. E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc hardcover
2016réf. x-1107010179Cambridge Univ Pr 2016. Hardcover. New. 787 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.75 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
1950réf. 40946St. Louis: C. V. Mosby. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1950. Second Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. Slightly warped and canted with rubbing to cloth. Hinges tender but holding. Pencilled price to ffep else unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . C. V. Mosby hardcover
1957réf. 300051New York: Mcgraw-hill 1957 New York: Mcgraw-hill 1957 Association copy from library of the late Nunnally Johnson Nunnally Johnson wrote and directed the film "Three Faces of Eve" in 1957 for Twentieth Century Fox. from a true case study of multiple personalities presented in this book . Text is clean tight unmarked slightly tanned. Green boards are VG. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ASSOCIATION Copy. Second Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Authors. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Mcgraw-hill hardcover
1924réf. 86969London: Thornton Butterworth 1924. Second impression. Hardcover. Good. Jacket artwork by Abbey. First edition second impression. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket priced 7/6. Set in Southeast Asia The Black Parrot is a romantic adventure novel that follows an American protagonist through the exotic landscapes of the Golden Chersonese modern-day Malaysia. The narrative weaves themes of colonial intrigue and the allure of the Orient. Inscription to front endpaper some foxing and minor marking; cloth slightly sunned at spine corners some spotting; jacket with some wear & tear some loss to head of spine. Thornton Butterworth hardcover
