Melson, Commodore P. J. (editor)MareMagnum
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No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight rubbing to edges and minor traces of storage. 173pp. The history of the Royal Navy in Hong Kong over 156 years with full description and a photographic record of events in the territory and its surrounding seas through those years. Includes an appendix with details of the ships which have served in and around Hong Kong over 150 years plus a list of senior naval officers.
Oblong 4to., Second and Best Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations (many full-page) in the text, and coloured endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The best account, including a valuable chronology of RN ships in or around Hong Kong from 1834-1997. This augmented edition includes the RN withdrawal
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
