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1950mon0000070726G.P. Putnam's Sons 1950-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Dented dust jacket. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
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SONG1934431885DatASIA Inc 2014-02-14. Illustrated. paperback. Used: Good. 6.69x0.81x9.61. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. DatASIA, Inc paperback
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1927185140New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation 1927. Critics lauded it not only for its frank handling of sex but also for its exposé of imperialism First edition otherwise untraced in recent commerce of the first American novel on Indochina. The book's exploration of French colonialism and the titular protagonist's subversion of the colonial order has given it a renewed appeal in the 21st century. Having travelled to Asia as a young man Hervey 1900-1951 wrote novels and scripts set in the region and conceived the story for the 1932 film Shanghai Express. He studied Buddhism for a period in Burma and was friends with the Chinese national figurehead Sun Yat-Sen. Hervey's career was overshadowed by intolerance towards his homosexuality: "Reading his works three of which are now back in print with a biography looming you'll find a discernible gay fingerprint on almost everything he touched" Greene. Octavo. Original black cloth spine and front cover lettered in silver silver roundel on front board. With dust jacket. Silverfishing to cloth tape abrasions on pastedowns webbing exposed at rear inner hinge but holding firm; jacket unclipped spine sunned some chipping two old adhesive tape repairs on verso: a very good copy in very good jacket. Harlan M. Greene "The Multi-Talented Harry Hervey" Gay & Lesbian Review. hardcover
1925251007-AK80Cosmopolitan Book Corporation 1925. Very Good Hard Cover with no Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Cosmopolitan Book Corporation Hardcover
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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
1934431826.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1927291New 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
194198529New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Very near fine in an about very good dustwrapper with some modest chipping on the front panel. Murder and romance at a mysterious citadel in the West Indies. Frances Marion was the dedicatee of the book. Hervey placed most of his works in "exotic" locales. The classic film Shanghai Express was based on another of his stories. This copy with a warm full-page Inscription by the author noting "this the first inscribed copy of 'School for Eternity.' G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1025254694.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
20042901New York 1923 Century. Black pictorial cloth very clean & solid copy 337p. 13 x 19 cm. FIRST EDITION THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED LONG PRESENTATION COPY DATED 1926 . . . THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK . . . AND HIS FIRST ON S.E. ASIA . . The primary story of the author's sojourn in to the sultry & hot climes of Saigon Cambodia Malaya & Borneo. The people he met the sights sounds and cultures he encountered. The jungles tropical sea voyages and the languid ports. but above all its was the unique and fascinating local people he met and became friends with based on his keen impressions he tells the story of his time spent in these tropical and exotic places with a sensitive vocablary. . Exquisitely written flamboyant vocabulary distinct and elaborate descriptions in much detail and elaborate color. HIS BOOKS BECOME FAMOUS MOVIES: Also 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. . A TALE OF THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE: The ancient name of the Malayan Peninsula according to WikiPedia the name is "Latin: Chersonesus Aurea was the name used for the Malay Peninsula by Greek and Roman geographers in classical antiquity most famously in Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography. See: ERENCES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS: . THE EUROPEAN INDIA 1913 . THE BLACK PARROT: A Tale of the Golden Chersonese 1923 . WHERE STRANGE GODS CALL: Pages Out of the East 1924 . ETHAN QUEST: HIS SAGA 1925 . KING COBRA: An Autobiograhy of Travel in French Indo-China 1927. The same contents published in the UK under title: TRAVELS IN FRENCH INDO-CHINA 1928 . CONGAI. A 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 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 Traveled widely in Asia S.E. Asia Africa and the South Pacific. He authored twelve noels and numerous short stories and screenplays. He modeled is life after W. Somerset Maugham. Hervey was a life-long bachelor and died at the rather young age of fifty in New York. He is buried next to his mother Jane Louise Davis in Bonaventure Cemetery. unknown
193913024New York: The Greystone Press 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Toning to inside dust jacket. Chips and wear to corners and head and heel of spine 1' closed tear to top left side of dust jacket. Housed in custome clamshell box. The Greystone Press hardcover
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2003Q-0877973059Cherokee Publishing Company 2003-10-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Cherokee Publishing Company hardcover
0877973059.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2007Q-0877973067Cherokee Publishing Company 2007-03-01. paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Cherokee Publishing Company paperback
