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1899178829Hong Kong: Printed by Noronha & Co. Printers to the Hongkong Government 1899. First edition covering the first full year after the Second Treaty of Peking during which British officials consolidated the governance of the New Territories and adopted measures concerning prisons opium and sanitation. This volume lists the many individuals appointed by Governor Blake to administrative committees in each village of Kowloon and other new districts. A priority for lawmakers in 1899 was the improvement of the prison ordinance detailed in a lengthy section. The folding tables provide a detailed breakdown of the diets for inmates of different ethnicity and the amount of food to be provided at different times of the day. "The Hong Kong emblem showing the blossom of the Bauhinia blakeana is a legacy of Blake's governorship; he had a strong interest in botany and the tree like Blaketown in Newfoundland was named in his honour" DIB. Octavo. With 6 folding tables; tables and Chinese characters in text. Original stiff yellow boards blue cloth backstrip. Spine toned covers sunned a few bumps to fore edge of text block contents fresh: a very good copy indeed. hardcover
1902178832Hong Kong: Printed by Noronha & Co. Printers to the Hongkong Government 1902. First edition first printing including the text of the ordinance authorizing the construction of the Hong Kong tramway and outlining its specifications. A company was founded the same year and the first line from Happy Valley and Causeway Bay to Shau Kei Wan was laid in 1903. Full service began in mid-1904. Governpr Sir Henry Blake took leave for almost all of 1902 and authority was exercised in his name by the lieutenant-governor Major-General Sir William Gascoigne 1844-1926 a hero of the Boxer Uprising and the 1899 Six-Day War in the New Territories. Octavo. Tables and Chinese characters in text. Original stiff blue boards dark blue cloth backstrip front cover lettered in black. A little shaken binding lightly rubbed and soiled bumping and chipping to fore edge text unaffected: a very good copy. hardcover
1975172075Hong Kong: Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club 1975. Bravado. threw its head in the air Sole edition and printing of this authoritative reference recording horses jockeys winnings and course information. The notes on "racing incidents" attached to each meet provide much humorous reading recording for example the stripping of second place from Prince Lucky Joyful Heart proving unruly before the starting gun and King Kong cantering riderless through the saddling paddock. The six sections record race results finishes by distance jockey performance over the season horse records winning owners and winning trainers. Octavo. With 6 coloured card sectional dividers and proud tabs printed in black; tables in text. Original textured blue card wrappers front cover lettered in black. Wrappers lightly foxed old adhesive tape repair to rear joint edges a little soiled tabs worn one missing. A very good copy. unknown
0428566359.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1957157747Hong Kong: Rotary Club of Kowloon 1957. A charming souvenir of the Rotary Club of Kowloon's annual fundraising bash for 1957 now hard to find in commerce and unrecorded in institutional collections. In the 1950s the club's balls were lavish affairs attracting everyone from the British governor downwards and garnering significant attention in the local press. The many adverts and messages from its commercial sponsors showcase a bygone era of Hong Kong business. Formed in 1948 in the wake of the Japanese occupation the club raised $350000 in its first ten years to fund community projects and scholarships. According to the menu printed in this programme this year members tucked into fruit cocktail consomme royale fillet of sole caprice Spanish-style roast chicken and pear belle Helene while the entertainment included dances impressions and bongo drumming. Octavo. Adverts throughout 4 leaves printed on blue paper. Original decorative card wrappers front cover lettered in blue. Several small circular stains on front wrapper and first leaf else clean and bright internally. A near-fine copy. unknown
187053701c.1870. Wood engraving. Later colour. Size: 23 x 15.5 cm. 9 x 6 inches. In very good condition. unknown
1968188295Hong Kong: Servicemen's Guides 1968. The November 1968 iteration of this brochure for American naval personnel and those on leave from Vietnam with six contemporary trade cards - five for Kowloon and one for Penang - loosely inserted. The Hong Kong cards advertise Tokyo Night and New Savoy Plaza both nightclubs as well as photography studios and the Palace Hotel. Duodecimo. Illustrations throughout. Original pictorial wrappers wire-stitched as issued. Light wear to wrapper: near-fine. unknown
1974188393Hong Kong: Ye Olde Printerie Ltd 1953; Government Printer 1974. Two pieces of Hong Kong royal ephemera the earlier parade held just a few weeks before the Queen's coronation in London. 2 works octavo pp. 16; pp. 24. Frontispiece in 1974 programme. Original printed wrappers wire-stitched as issued. Light creasing and marking: very good copies. unknown
1962165843Hong Kong: Yat Sun Printing Co. 1962. First edition first printing of this bilingual guide to an exhibition held 100 years after the first stamp was issued in the territory. The catalogue descriptions provide extensive information on the development of the postal service within a broader historical context. WorldCat records seven copies with one located in the UK SOAS. Square octavo. Frontispiece plan 6 plates 4 colour. Original illustrated wrappers covers lettered in black in English and Chinese. Covers lightly toned internally fresh. A near-fine copy. unknown
0331905728.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1899176918Hong Kong: Noronha & Co. Printers to the Hongkong Government 1899. First separate edition comprising the 15 ordinances and many regulations issued during the first full year of William Robinson's tenure as governor. These concerned quarantine shipping in the vicinity of the telegraph cables linking the island with Kowloon and the introduction of new legal protections for young children. Robinson's governorship overlapped with the dominance of Sir Paul Chater in the colony's affairs and he was a firm supporter of Chater's expansion plans for the New Territories. Octavo. Original green quarter cloth front cover lettered in black. Boards stained tidemarks at margins of contents: a very good copy. hardcover
190151358Hong Kong 1901. Three quarto manuscript letters totaling 22 pages and approx. 6000 words on life in Hong Kong as an American expat. Clean and legible. The author "Katheryn" writes to her friend Jesse in Oregon describing her daily routine and life in Hong Kong with her husband Tom who works there. "Hong Kong is the most beautiful place I have ever seen. I cannot describe it to you but will send you some Kodak pictures." Her writing is rather slangy and telegraphic but she manages to convey a sense of her life and times. "We have a rickshaw of our own now Tom bought it last week. It is a nice one made in Japan and better than the ones they make here. Have two coolies so they can drag Tom up the hill. One runs behind and pushes. A tailor is making their uniforms. I chose kahki sic trimmed with red for them Will also have the monogram TWH in red letters on them. People here think you are somebody if your coolies are in uniform." She goes on at length in this manner explaining that the chair coolies necessary to negotiate the many steps in Hong Kong do not like Tom because he weighs 200 pounds. She on the other hand goes where she pleases. She discusses her wardrobe all white clothing and talks about clothing and Chinese tailors and about friends of her husband's - other expats. She describes their rooms a bargain at $160 per month. Then "Although the Plague is usually worse here in summer it seems now that there are fewer cases than there were a few weeks ago. I go through the Plague district that is where it is the worst Wauchai a suburb nearly every day." She also talks about ships currently in the harbor "trouble in the north" and the Hong Kong regiment. We gather that she's been married just a year and that her husband pampers her but that she misses her friend Jessie and is a little homesick. The first twelve-page letter was written between June 19 and 25. The second a two-pager sending condolences for a death in Jessie's family was written August 27 1900. The third letter eight pages was written in 1901. In it Kathryn talks about cameras and mentions their trip to Canton and Macao. unknown
1969188451Hong Kong: Tourist Association c.1969. First editions of these bilingual guides each promising to list only retailers committed to value for money honest trading and polite service. The folding map sheets show both the Victoria and Kowloon districts. 2 works small octavo. With 2 folding maps. Original illustrated wrappers. One issue with contemporary ink notation on rear cover and internally. Very good. unknown
1967158680Hong Kong: Ta Kung Pao 1967. Hongkong has been turned into a hell for its Chinese inhabitants First edition first printing scarce in this condition of this charged and sometimes graphic bilingual photobook published by the pro-Beijing newspaper Ta Kung Pao in the wake of the Hong Kong riots and the burning of the British mission in Beijing in August 1967. Despite all the bluster privately Mao and other communist leaders were extremely keen to see the territory an important trading partner remain in British hands. Following the explosive beginning of the Cultural Revolution in China left-wing propagandists in Hong Kong infiltrated labour disputes and protests over conditions to fan the flames of anti-British sentiment. The present work presents dozens of photographs to show how patriotic residents have "armed themselves with the great thought of Mao Tse-tung" in a struggle against "anti-national oppression" foreword. A final section boasts of the global support for these actions including from London's very own Finsbury Communist Association. The present work was issued in two variants of the wrappers with no discernible priority. The front cover of the other design is lettered "The Upheaval in Hong Kong" in white against the same red-drab colour scheme. Short quarto. Photographic half-tones throughout several pages with quotations from Mao printed in red sepia vignette on first leaf. Text in Chinese and English. Original card wrappers titles to spine in red and black front cover lettered in white and black against red and drab horizontal bands. Wrappers well-preserved moderate creasing and marking loss at head of spine only slightly affecting Chinese title text block square and holding firm clean internally with light bumping to lower corner of text block. A very good copy indeed. Martin Parr & WassinkLundgren The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present second edition 2016 p. 348. unknown
1958192118Hong Kong: Servicemen's Guides 1958. The 1958 iteration of this introductory leaflet issued by the Servicemen's Guides Association a civilian group created to provide material and spiritual aid to US sailors calling into port. Readers are warned of street guides who prey on unsuspecting tourists. "These fellows are for the most part members of gangs who lead you to places where you may be cheated." Octavo leaflet 194 x 134 mm unfolding to 388 x 535 mm with maps of Hong Kong and Kowloon and Hong Kong region west to Lantao inset map of Central. Verso with general information and shopping guide. Text printed in red and blue. Couple of contemporary pen marks general creasing: very good. unknown
1965192454Hong Kong: Servicemen's Guides c.1965. A guide to Hong Kong issued by the Servicemen's Guides Association a civilian group created to provide material and spiritual aid to US sailors calling into port. The booklet gives the best retail and tourist pit-stops information on hotels and exchange rates and a bilingual list of handy phrases. Sailors are warned to buy selectively: "U.S. Treasury Department regulations prohibit the importation into the United States of any merchandise originating in Communist China or North Korea" p. 24. Duodecimo 28 pp. Original illustrated card wrappers maps of Hong Kong and Kowloon on rear folding wrapper. Very good. unknown
1968193375United States: Commerce & Industry Department 1968. This pamphlet was produced in the midst of a trade embargo with the People's Republic of China and advises the reader on when and how to use a Certificate of Origin what goods are prohibited and a list of trustworthy vendors for various goods in Hong Kong. Small quarto 130 x 93 mm. Wire-stitched in original blue wrappers covers lettered in white. A little rubbed rear panel and last few leaves creased. A very good example. unknown
1961176992Hong Kong: Chinese Importers' & Exporters' Association 1961. The 1961 edition of this long-running handbook offering a snapshot of the colony's commercial life and major businesses. In the 1950s following the UN trade embargo on China Hong Kong shifted towards export-led growth in particular the manufacture of textiles and plastic goods. Between 1951 and 1961 exports as a percentage of GDP grew from 30 to 80 percent. Octavo. Tables and advertisements a few colour throughout; section titles printed on green paper; text in Chinese. Original grey cloth spine decoratively stamped in blind and lettered in Chinese in gilt front cover lettered in Chinese and English in gilt advertisement endpapers. 1971 Hong Kong ownership inscription on title page. Spine worn in places with couple of marks at head signs of handling contents lightly toned: a very good copy. hardcover
1950192804Hong Kong: YWCA c. late 1950s. A multinational cookery book with recipes for curry pork pies Portuguese desserts and Dutch soup. The first recipe is attributed to the sadly unidentifiable wife of Eduardo Rosal who was appointed the first Filipino consul general in the colony in 1958. The YWCA branch was founded in 1920. Octavo pp. 36. Text in English and Chinese. Original illustrated wrappers wire-stitched as issued. Wrappers lightly creased and marked: very good. unknown
19554001058331955 1955. Ernest K. Gann - Le Rendez-vous de Hong Kong / Presses de la Cité 1955
1968400032388Plon 1968 1968. Gérard de Villiers - SAS - Les trois veuves de Hong Kong / Plon 1968
400079633Sans date.
400088396Sans date.
19954000102391995 1995. Jan Morris: Building Hong Kong / FormAsia 1995
19674001156341967 1967. 5 JOSETTE BRUCE - SARABANDE A HONG-KONG pour O.S.S. 117 / 1967
