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1017359687.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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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
0331541955.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1928R320013189SULE 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
1927286141New york: Cosmopolitan Book Company 1927. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.300.boards lightly bumped/scuffed Cosmopolitan Book Company hardcover
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
1981R150180671BORDAX.. 1981. In-8. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 174 pages. Frontispice en noir et blanc . Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc et en couleurs dans le texte et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 597-Vertébrés à sang froid. Poissons
199368271Bordas Editions 1993 In-8 relié 25 cm sur 19. Très bon état d’occasion.
RO30110509ELSEVIER NATURE. NON DATE. In-4. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 176 pages. Nombreuses photos en couleurs dans le texte et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 597-Vertébrés à sang froid. Poissons
1020827750.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
117648Paris Amyot 1859. 8vo. 4 III blank 164 3 pp. plate. Contemporary half calf gilt faded spine and black paper boards front board with gilt initials â€L.v.H.†From the library of Leopold von Horn with his signature on title page dated 1862 gilt initials on front board and his heraldic library stamps. Cordier Sinica 2292. A reply was made by Charles Gay â€L’Europe devant la Chineâ€. The plate depicts â€Plan de l’embouchure du Pé-Ho et de ses ouvrages de défenseâ€. Marquis Marie-Jean-Léon d'Hervey de Saint Denys 1822-92 was a french sinologist known both for his studies on chinese literature history and ethnography but also for his researches on dreams. The Swedish marine officer Leopold von Horn 1836-92 took part in the French military expedition to China in 1860-61 with the frigate L’Emperateur Eugeniè. He wrote an unpublished diary during the expedition. hardcover
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4647Paris, Amyot, Editeur, 1859. 1 volume in-8, 165 pp, reliure moderne plein cuir bordeaux, très bon état. Ouvrage enrichi d'un plan de l'embouchure du Pé-Ho.
1959745Milano: Longanesi & C. 1959. First Italian Edition. Hardcover. Very good. hardcover 384 pages plus index. SIGNED by Cleckley on the front endpaper. This book came out of Cleckley's library and he signed every book he owned with his name and Louise his wife. Some soiling to the covers still a very good copy with cleasn text and tight binding. Lacking the dust jacket but covered with mylar cover. Longanesi & C. hardcover
