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1969V1952Düsseldorf (Accidentia) 1969. Gr.-4°, Originalleinen mit Originalumschlag, Begleitheft
1963157561963. Hardcover. Very good condition. Photograph album of Japan and Hong Kong by an American group visiting in 1963. With 70 tipped in original polaroid snap shots color photographs and color postcards each with descriptive typed captions below. Numerous images of Hong Kong. The album opens with a photograph of the airplane: B.O.A.C. jet from San Francisco to Tokyo; many pictures of shrines; Buddha of Kamakura; Fuji - Hakone - Izu National Park; Mt. Fuji; Kyoto; fields of tea; Taipei; Tiger Balm Garden; Victoria Peak; Hong Kong Harbor; and Aberdeen. Japan: 6 commercial 27 Polaroid mostly Kyoto; Taipei: 5 b&w 8 Polaroid; Hong Kong: 18 Polaroid 6 postcards. Housed in a burgundy album with gold trim and label on spine album pages are covered in plastic and bound with a plastic coil photos bound in using photo corners. Images clear and unfaded. hardcover
34010401Hong Kong n.d. ca. 1930's Aw Boon Haw. Twenty photos each mounted on a black card size: 9 x 7 cm. image size: 8 x 6.5 cm. each is black and white hand-colored very good clean sharp images no fading 2 photos on each card front/back. A group of 10 cards with 20 photographs lightly laid down on a black card showing twenty views of old and most famous "TIGER BALM GARDEN" "AW BOON HAW MANSION." . The most famous visitor's site in Hong Kong from 1935 was the celebrated "TIGER BALM GARDEN" also known as the "AW BOON HAW MANSION." It was a three-dimensional sculpture garden showing various Buddhist aspects of life death happiness sadness joy evil and justice. Typical concepts in Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. THE HISTORY: In 1935 the landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million. It was one of the most favorite and popular sites in Hong Kong for seventy years. The Garden was demolished for redevelopment in 2004 thus for ever TIGER BALM GARDEN vanished for ever. SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS: This miniature photograph collection shows some twenty hand-colored original photographs of the Garden its lovely pavilion and scenes of Buddhas eight beautiful & very naked women view of the Kwai Fei taking a bath also more nude ladies ! Kan Chin Pavilion two pagodas lakes Buddhist monuments Buddhist heaven & hell panoramic view of the gardens & mansion half-nude mermaid Fat Buddha skinny Ancestral Buddha "Tiger-Balm Tiger" and many others ! . Each photograph has a Chinese and English caption at the bottom margin. Each photograph is 8.4 x 6.4 cm. including the margin. The photo image is 8.1 x 6 cm. PHOTO CONDITION: Each miniature black & white photo was hand-painted and tinted. Each photo is lightly layed down on the black card. The photographs are all in excellent condition no fading or demerits. There is some of the usual rubbing to the black card but this does not affect the photos at all. REFERENCES . unknown
4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured reproductions (one folding and many double- and full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. This outstanding sale comprised a total of 491 lots. The catalogue includes detailed career descriptions of the artists together with full indexes. Scarce.
9888228870.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
20172-9888228870Proverse Hong Kong 2017. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.51 inches. Proverse Hong Kong paperback
1953188246Hong Kong: Government Public Relations Office c.1953. First edition first issue of this attractive guide to Hong Kong including a preface by Governor Sir Alexander Grantham. Later issues have "With the Compliments of the Hong Kong Government Information Services" printed at the foot of the front cover. As Grantham in office 1947-57 writes "the booklet's cover symbolises the Hong Kong story. The harbour is the basic origin of the Colony on which its prosperity was founded; the fine modern buildings in the foreground are evidence of that prosperity while the figure of the cheerful Chinese labourer typifies the hundreds of thousands who have been attracted to Hong Kong by the opportunities it affords and the promise that in reward for labour there will always be something for the rice bowl" p. 3. Small octavo. Colour maps of Hong Kong and the Central District Victoria half-tone illustrations throughout. Original illustrated card wrappers with folding flaps wire-stitched as issued. Covers bright touch of creasing and rubbing: near-fine. unknown
1956169283Hong Kong: John Servaites 1956. The August 1956 instalment of this occasional publication here with the latest information for tourists and travellers. "For more than a century Hong Kong has been calling. Her voice has never fallen on deaf ears" p. 8. At the time of publication visitors could enjoy the benefits of a simplified immigration system and a new visa allowing a stay of up to three months. This change is explained in further detail on page 12. Octavo. Illustrations maps and advertisements all in text. Original illustrated wrappers wire-stitched as issued front cover lettered in black and red. Covers lightly creased and soiled a little tearing from pulling at staples contents clean: a well-preserved copy. unknown
1954182385Hong Kong: Orient Publishing Company 1954. An instalment of this ephemeral Hong Kong tourist periodical with charming period advertisements information for sightseers and plenty of tips and recommendations for eager shoppers. Among the advertisers are San Miguel beer Tailor Cheung "the tailor for men of distinction" - p. 65 and Jimmy's Kitchen "known the world over for its fine food" p. 38. Octavo. Maps illustrations and advertisements in text. Original illustrated wrappers wire-stitched as issued front cover lettered in brown and red. Covers a touch marked and rubbed clean internally: a fine copy. unknown
Milano, 1967, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 902/917 con numerose fotografie. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
QWA-2312L'Harmattan, 1997, 313 p., in-8 br., préface de Marianne Bastid-Bruguière, coll. "Géographie et Cultures", série "Etudes culturelles et régionales", 4 planches photos, graphiques, croquis, état de neuf
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Personal account by a Royal Engineers officer throughout WWII. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.124.
50844ABVerlag Buchkunst Berlin, 2022. 24 x 31 cm. 127 Seiten, durchgängig mit ganzseitigen Farbfoto-Abbildungen. Illustr. OPpbd., 50844A.jpg First edition.
2000x-074943113XKogan Page Ltd 2000. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 255 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Kogan Page Ltd paperback
1923169865Canada: Canadian Pacific Steamships 1923. A lively statement of the merits of Hong Kong as a business and tourist destination. "You've seen China on the screen; you've read of it in a book. But you need the purr of 'richsha tires and the pad of a coolie's feet; you need to get down and walk right into the picture before you feel the magic of it - the real Cathay!" pp. 6-7. The final page details the 23 offices in North America where budding travellers can buy tickets for winter trips. Institutional holdings are understandably scarce; WorldCat show a single copy at Trinity College United States. Small octavo pp. 12. Illustrations in text. Original blue wrappers wire-stitched as issued front cover lettered in black with colour illustration of junk. Wrappers soiled with a little damp staining and light rubbing contents clean. A well-preserved example of this ephemeral publication. unknown
4259Hong Kong, 1979. Movies posters from the famous King's Hu film "Raining in the Mountain." Each 300 HK$.
12092Hong Kong, Edited by Stephanie Zarach, Published in Great Britain by Black Quay Publishing, 2017. 1 volume in-4, hard clothboards with an illustrated dust-jacket, 181 pp., fully illustrated, a copy as new.
15554iii c.100 pp.; 117 lots. Auction catalogue Sotheby's - Hong Kong Tuesday 17th May 1988. Hbk. Price list included. KEYWORDS: 003 Auction Catalogues 073 China - Keramiek - Porcelein - Jade - Brons Lakwerk etc. unknown
1940170698Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh Ltd c.1940. First edition first printing of this ephemeral window onto old Hong Kong including views of the racecourse cricket ground Repulse Bay and the landscape by night. We have traced a single copy at the University of Hong Kong. Landscape octavo. Original tan card wrappers front cover lettered in blue and black with oval window 16 rotogravure photographic plates. Wrappers creased and lightly soiled: a near-fine copy. unknown
29989Hong-Kong, 1984 297p., nombreuses illustrations N/B., broché. 21 X 28
1963220706Hong Kong.: Hong Kong Tourist Association. July 1st1963. Colour folding map at rear colour and black and white illustrations and advertisements 84pp. Booklet measures 22 x 10.5cm; map measures 39 x 52.5cm. Covers somewhat worn with few small closed tears on the lower cover now secured overall a very good copy. A charming companion for tourists to Hong Kong complete with a folding map of Kowloon Peninsula and Central. Within the guide provides an outline of the colony's history generally useful information for travellers advice on transportation and a rundown of attractions. Copious advertisements abound throughout with further leaflet advertisements loosely inserted. . Hong Kong Tourist Association. unknown
23 cm, brossura; pp. 50 circa, numerose foto a colori
148 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The Island of Hong Kong - political and economic origins of early western mapping; Is Hong Kong the old name of Ap Lei Chau Island?; The Secrets of Chinese Maps - a map collector's insights; Stoneware Jars and Potters in Southeast Asia; The Art of Nepal; Tibetan Leather Boxes; Book Review; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Tears on worn dust jacket. Full gray cloth boards. 9"w 9 3/4"h. 144 pages. Many color illustrations.
10898Hong Kong, Imprimerie de la Société des Missions-Etrangères de Paris, Nazareth, Pokfulum, 1931. 1 volume in-8, 198 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir, couverture illustrée conservée, ouvrage illustré de nombreuses photogravures et orné d'une carte in-fine, tris bon état.