DON BLANDING
"The Virgin of Waikiki"
A Torrid Tragedy of the Tropics
Five Known Editions:
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THE VIRGIN OF WAIKIKI;
A Torrid Tragedy of the Tropics
Albert Bruce McCallister (unattributed), Los Angeles, 1926
Private printing, limited to 100 copies
hand-sewn in pages, imitation tapa-cloth cardboard covers, 13 pages
Poem by Don Blanding
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THE VIRGIN OF WAIKIKI;
A Torrid Tragedy of the Tropics
David Graham Fischer Corporation, Hollywood, 1926
Private printing, pages bound by string with tassel, imitation leatherette cover, 13 pages
Poem by Don Blanding
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THE VIRGIN OF WAIKIKI;
A Torrid Tragedy of the Tropics
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, 1928
Private printing, stapled in pages with fold-over paper cover, 13 pages
15 pages, with small decorative illustrations (possibly by Blanding)
Poem by Don Blanding
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THE VIRGIN OF WAIKIKI;
A Torrid Tragedy of the Tropics
Henry M. Snyder, New York, 1930
Hardcover, probably with dustjacket, 47 pages (unpaginated)
"Done into a book by Harris Wolff Estate"
With illustrations by an unknown artist
Poem by "DON"
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THE VIRGIN OF WAIKIKI;
A Torrid Tragedy of the Tropics
Henry M. Snyder & Company, New York, 1933
Hardcover, with dustjacket, 41 pages (unpaginated)
With new illustrations by Alban Bernard "Bud" Butler, Jr.
Poem by Don Blanding
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THE VIRGIN OF WAIKIKI;
A Torrid Tragedy of the Tropics
Modern reprint by Petroglyph Press, Hilo, Hawaii, 1970s
Softcover, 48 pages (unpaginated)
With reproduced illustrations by Alban Bernard "Bud" Butler, Jr.
Cover illustration by Mark Waters
Poem by Don Blanding
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