Search Results: Caribbean Interest from Royal Books, Inc.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1967. Vintage studio still photograph of Alec Guinness from the 1967 film. Snipe printed in blue ink on the verso. The film follows a sardonic hotel owner who witnesses the chaos in Haiti under the Papa Doc Duvalier regime. Starring Elizabeth Taylor in a role originally meant for Sophia Loren. Shot on location in Benin and France. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Hollywood: Security Pictures, 1957. Revised Draft script for the 1958 film, "Island Women," here under the working title, "Calypso Island." Copy belonging to actress Marie Windsor, with her name in manuscript ink on the first page of text, annotations in manuscript pencil and ink throughout, one page noting scene wardrobe changes, and custom place markers at the fore-edges noting scene settings. Also included is Windsor's Screen Actors Guild contract and carbon copy "free lance agreement," dated April 12, 1957, both SIGNED by Windsor and Security Pictures representative Herbert [illegible]. Written by Andrew Alexander, and the prolific Philip Yordan, who also wrote "Dillinger" (1945), "Suspense" (1946), "Edge of Doom" (1950), "Detective Story" (1951), "Johnny Guitar" (1954), and "Battle of the Bulge" (1965). Elizabeth (Windsor) is a lusty women traveling in the Caribbean with her niece, Jan (Earle). Both have the hots for Mike (Edwards), a charter boat captain, but only Elizabeth is willing to use… Read More

London: Faber and Faber, 1968. First Edition. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with slip laid in, INSCRIBED by Harris to Jamaican novelist, Andrew Salkey, on the front endpaper: "Andrew Salkey / Very best wishes, admiration and respect / Wilson Harris." A tremendous association between two important Caribbean writers who were also both highly respected intellectuals. Harris was born in Guyana, and began as a poet, moving into essays and highly abstract, metaphorical fiction in the latter part of his life. His themes often involve conquest and colonization, and he coined the phrase "quantum fiction" to describe his experimental approach to writing. Salkey, who passed away in 1995, was born in Panama and raised in Jamaica, ultimately teaching in England, then Amherst, Massachusetts in his final years. Salkey, like Harris, was politically active throughout his career, particularly in matters relating to Caribbean and African identity in the world. He authored over 30 books, including novels for adults and… Read More