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1927réf. 291New York: Cosmopolitan Bk Corp 1927. 1st Edition. VG/--. Barely perceptible dampstain to rear board not affecting interior. With fold-out map. Cosmopolitan Bk Corp unknown
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
1928réf. R320013189SULE ANTAL. 1928. In-12. Cartonné. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 256 pages - Plats extérieurs marbrés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 890-Littératures des autres langues
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2026réf. LRB22004394Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 548 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1906. Edited journals of the Hon. William Hervey offering a valuable historical source for the study of 18th-century British social and political life. The volume includes an extensive introduction signed by S. H. A. H. Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey adding context and editorial interest for researchers collectors and readers interested in personal papers and historical correspondence. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2013réf. Gyan-9789333144971Isha Books 2013. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 6.53 cm. English Isha Books hardcover
2013réf. Gyan-9789333144971Isha Books 2013. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 6.53 cm. English Isha Books hardcover
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réf. ria9781019728499_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Hervey's detailed journal entries offer a unique perspective on the political and social realities of Europe and North America during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Hervey was a keen observer of the people events hardcover
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réf. 19494Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer London. 15 June 1710. Part of printed Exchequer receipt on one side of 18 x 17.5 cm piece of paper titled 'Sir Henry Furnese Bar. in Repayment of Loan on the Twelfth 4s. Aid Anno 1709.' In fair condition lightly aged and worn. On the reverse in a clerk's hand: 'I doe hereby Assigne and transfer all my Right Title and Interest of the within order and talley thereto belonging to the Right Honble. John Lord Hervey or his Assigns'. Signed 'Henry Furnese' and beneath this in the hand of Lord Hervey he was created Earl of Bristol in 1714: 'June 15 1710 Recd the Contents Hervey'. Also the signature of 'Witness Gerorge Wanley Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, London. 15 June 1710. unknown
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