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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
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
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
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
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
1334429472.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1932185152Hong Kong: K. A. J. Chotirmall & Co. c.1932. A brochure issued by a major Sindhi trading concern. Founded in Jakarta in 1875 the firm entered the Hong Kong market in 1888 as part of a programme of expansion across Asia. It built a reputation on trading textiles but branched out into furniture ivory and porcelain wares and fans. This copy is accompanied by a nine-page pamphlet issued by the company around the same time and listing the types of goods it exports. The contents match the last few leaves of the brochure. Quarto. Many illustrations internally. Original orange wrappers front cover lettered in black. Wrappers sunned and marked wear and superficial splits at spine some creasing internally: a very good copy of a fragile item. unknown
1018706836.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ria9798855800920_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In the opening decades of the twenty-first century the Chinese Communist Party CCP leadership under Xi Jinping has created a worldwide Sino-centric network the Belt and Road Initiative BRI to challenge American dominance in world hardcover
ria9781138366008_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book investigates the globalization process of Chinese state-owned enterprises SOEs in West Africa primarily in Benin and Ghana based on ethnographical studies. It challenges the dominant vision of "a powerful China in Africa" paperback
1960188504Hong Kong: around late 1960s. An informative group of images showing Trench taking the salute march-pasts by dog and riot units female officers on parade and a ride-past by a motorcycle division. Other photographs capture Trench pinning decorations on individual officers the arrival of senior personnel and music and marching. Completing the collection is a photograph of Peter Dixon Lennett 1938-1997 a member of the force from 1964 to 1991 receiving the baton of honour from Lieutenant-General Sir Denis O'Connor Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong during his passing out ceremony. Lennett graduated as Best Inspector of the Intake and was commended on multiple occasions during his distinguished career. His accompanying business card identifies him as a force training officer at the training school in Wong Chuk Hang Aberdeen. Together 35 gelatin silver professional photographs 125 x 170 mm and larger gelatin silver photograph 210 x 160 mm latter with South China Morning Post wet-stamp and near-contemporary ink manuscript caption on verso. Photographs bowed but mostly bright and unfaded a little silver mirroring: a very good collection. unknown
2018TH216598Christie's Hong Kong 2018. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Large heavy 4to. in colour printed thick boards colour printed end-papers 136pp on thick glossy art paper lots numbered 2851 to 2871 3o lots of very fine and rare Buddha's fully detailed and illustrated in colour. Dual text in English and Mandarin __CONDITION : An AS NEW very clean and tight unmarked copy. . __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS Christie's, Hong Kong hardcover
1953183788Hong Kong: South China Morning Post 1953. Hongkong Rejoices Sole edition of this pictorial souvenir recording the street parades fireworks displays and events that greeted the coronation of Elizabeth II. "In its short history of just over a century the Crown Colony of Hongkong small in terms of territory has always risen to greatness of heart in its sentiment towards the Crown" preface. Landscape octavo. Captioned half-tones throughout. Original buff textured card wrappers wire-stitched as issued front cover lettered in purple with gilt decoration. Light cockling wrappers marked small chip and closed tear at head of front cover: very good. unknown
2026x-1032594942Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 156 pages. 6.14x0.35x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
ria9780367133832_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book explores the topics of English accents and pronunciation. It highlights their connections with several important issues in the study of English in the world including intelligibility identity and globalization. The unifying paperback
ria9780367662950_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book offers refreshed epistemological guidelines for conducting ethnographic research for scientific reasoning. More importantly it also provides a crucial knowledge base for comprehending the current epistemological debates inher paperback
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