Howard Semple (5 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Clarence Doore (front cover) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------magazine, large (8-1/2 inches wide, 11 inches tall) size. Contains "true" articles on Rasputin, Harry Truman & Lincoln's ghost, Cagliostro, etc. Reading crease, some pen on covers, spine bends, a VG copy.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1979 film. With mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, and two typed biographies for actor Dayton Ka'ne, discussing his being cast in the film with no previous acting experience. A loose remake of the 1937 film "The Hurricane," based on the 1936 novel by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff. A painter falls in love with an island chief. Her father, a US Navy Captain, arrests the man because he disapproves of their relationship. Set in the island of Alava, shot on location in Bora Bora. 9.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Weldon 1996.

Six vintage studio still black and white photographs from the 1979 film. With a folded studio snipe on the verso and a printed description with the studio logo affixed at the bottom edge, as issued. Loosely based on John Ford's 1937 film, which was in turn based on the 1936 novel by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff. A doomed romance between a Samoan High Chief and a young American painter, the daughter of the patrician naval governor of the island. Set on the fictional island of Alaya in American Samoa, shot on location in Bora Bora. 8 x 9.75 inches. Three Near Fine, with light wear to the corners, three Very Good plus, with a few one-inch tears and faint creasing to the corners.

Condition: Very Good. 4to., pp.ix,350, paperback, b/w figures; slight crease and light sunning to spine, slight creases to corners of front wrapper, a very good, clean copy.