Davis Hurk (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Holloway House book HH-171. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($0.95 price on cover). Published by Holloway House, 1969. 12mo. Paperback. Code of HH-171 on cover and spine. Book is very good. Covers have some light shelf wear. Previous seller stamp on inside cover. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Some, general wear and aging with a superficial crease or print error in the middle of the front cover -- not immediately noticeabe. Some light soiling along with typical aging on interior. Book is still square with an uncracked and uncreased spine. #HH-171. This is supposed to be a firsthand account of a Dutch youth who witnessed Nazi atrocities during WWII. The narrator's name is Peter but the author is Hurk. Holloway House first editions are notoriously tricky to identify. Most titles were republished many times. In titles from the 60's and 70's, the statement "First Printing" can occur in later printings as well as the first. True first printings are rather scarce and condition is often an issue. Holloway House began in the 1960's. It was the first publisher to capitalize on the urban black market. Besides Donald Goines, Holloway House published Iceberg Slim, Joseph Nazel, Robert DeCoy and many other African-American writers. Wanda Coleman, now called the "Poet Laureate of Los Angeles," was an early editor. The company is still in operation.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 310 +ads pages.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. (france, army, autobiography ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. first edition. 171 almost near fine nazi story paperback.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition, Stated; First Printing. This copy has very light, general wear with a couple of very light, vertical creases on the spine. However, book is square and securely bound. The book purports to be the true and "startling expose'" of Peter Reeves as told by Hurk Davis. Reeves joined the French Foreign Legion and the "startling expose'" is of "brutality, futility and dehumanization." Holloway House #HH161. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 313 pages.…

Paperback. first edition. 171 near fine nazi story paperback.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Pocketbook. wraps, 313 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Well read copy with some spine and cover wear with creasing to cover - still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Two draft scripts for an unproduced film. Both have a flyer for the film laid-in, and are heavily notated with manuscript ink and pencil. Based on the 1968 novel "Legion of Outcasts" by Hurk Davis, the autobiography of Peter Reeves as told to Mr. Davis, who was a Dutchman living comfortably until he ran out of money and went to America to work for fifteen years. Upon returning home for a family wedding, Reeves is shunned by his parents yet again and he goes to Paris and eventually joins the French Foreign Legion, where he trains to be a medic. Soon, he ends up in the middle of the Algerian Civil War and is captured by enemies and held in a prisoner of war camp for six months. Upon his release, he is required to finish his term of service with the Legion, but instead he is dishonorably discharged. Set in Europe and North Africa. Script #1 Black untitled wrappers, noted as work copy #3 on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated January 7, 1982, with credits for screenwriters Nick Hurk, and Ben Roberts Davis. 159 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Mechanical duplication, with yellow revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with a silver prong binding. Script #2 Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Nick Hurk, and Ben Roberts Davis, and author Hurk Davis. 172 leaves, with last page of text numbered 165. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with silver prong binding.…

Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are two photocopies of a newspaper article dated September 1, 1968 and three receipts for registration of the screenplay with the Writer's Guild of America [WGA]. A young man named Autry struggles to pay for a shrimping boat entrusted to him. He He loves the night life, and is ultimately too lazy to be a good shrimper. His boss has faith but finds that it is quickly slipping away. Set in Texas in an unidentified Gulf Coast town. Green titled wrappers. Title page present, dated December 7, 1981, with credits for screenwriters Nick Hurk, Ben Roberts Davis, and Nick Pellegrino. 92 leaves, with last page of text numbered 91. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with silver prong binding.…

Draft script for an unproduced film. Bound in before the script are seven pages of xerographically duplicated photographs of the French Foreign Legion, as well as two laid in copies of the front wrapper title and image on salmon stock. Based on the 1968 novel "Legion of Outcasts" by Nick Hurk and Ben Roberts Davis co-writing as Hurk Davis. A Dutchman living in Paris joins the French Foreign Legion, where he is shipped off to fight in the Algerian Civil War, quickly captured by enemies, and held as a prisoner of war for six months. Set in Algeria, the Netherlands, and France. Beige pictorial titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Nick Hurk and Ben Roberts Davis. 175 leaves, with last page of text numbered 165. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with black Velo binding.…

Original handwritten manuscript for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is an undated revision page, as well as a receipt from Fisher Graphics itemizing two copies of the script be printed and collated. Missing page 28, likely as used or issued. Based on the 1968 novel "Legion of Outcasts" by Nick Hurk and Ben Roberts Davis writing as Hurk Davis. A Dutchman living in Paris joins the French Foreign Legion, where he is shipped off to fight in the Algerian Civil War, quickly captured by enemies, and held as a prisoner of war for six months. Set in Algeria, the Netherlands, and France. Green card wrappers. Title page present, dated Jan. 7, 1982, with credits for screenwriters Nick Hurk and Ben Roberts Davis. 233 leaves, with last page of text numbered 225. Handwritten, rectos only, with undated yellow revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, with silver prong binding. …