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41037501Kowloon 1956 Maiyai Co. Four A-4 sheets ca. 21 x 27.5 cm. 5 horozontal folds some wrinkles 3 pages of textile sample materials tipped down English texts signed letter by C.T. Shu for Mayai Co. very good. OBSCURE UNIQUE ITEM The letter is dated 8 June 1956 to a past client introducing a large number of textile samples so the client may select material for their next order. Mayai & Co. P.O. Box 5248 Kowloon Hong Kong had a retail store at 120 Nathan Road Kowloon in the Princess Theatre Bldg. and used also a cable address: "Mayaico." The letterhead also has their Chinese name address telephone number. The three additional sheets of textiles have actual samples: Sheet 1: has 13 samples about 3 x 2.5 cm each. Sheet 2: has 15 samples about 4 x 2 cm. each. Sheet 3: has 14 samples about 4 x 2 cm. each. The samples are for ladies: suit day dress trousers dress. CONDITION: The letters are basically in very good condition there is a small bit of the corner missing from the letter at upper right corner and some mended closed edge tears all in all very clean and solid examples. There are the old folds made when the letters were put into an envelope and sent to their customer. else nice samples. A lovely example of textiles used in fashions during the mid-1950's. . unknown
1865536971865. Memorial with sentry on guard beside it. Wood engraving. Mounted size: 22 x 28cm. Fine condition. Later colour. Size: 8 x 13 cm. 3 x 5 inches. unknown
ria9780470689141_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Presenting a number of methods and techniques for the modeling and optimization of liquid crystal devices Modeling and Optimization of Liquid Crystal Displays represents modeling methods that are more accurate versatile reliable and hardcover
1969182303London: D Survey Ministry of Defence 1969. Classified "restricted": a cartographic representation issued following the 1967 riots of British military plans for securing the New Territories during civil disturbances or in the face of Chinese incursion across the Lo Wu border. The points are concentrated on inland through routes the coast west of Tsuen Wan and the railway line linking Kowloon to Guangzhou. The map was compiled by D Survey the branch of the Ministry of Defence tasked with creating maps for military use in conjunction with Far East Land Forces and 84 Survey Squadron. Colour lithographed map 640 x 770 mml recto with large plan of New Territories and legend verso with smaller maps of Sheung Shui & Fanling Yuen Long Tai Po and Tsuen Wan as well as small legend. Folding away to 170 x 205 mm. Small contemporary ink annotation near Yuen Long map. Scuffing some creasing where incorrectly refolded foxing on panels exposed when folded: very good. unknown
1969193374Hong Kong: W. K Hoffman 1969. A charming example of a pamphlet given to cruise ship passengers visiting Ocean Terminal the then biggest shopping centre in Hong Kong. The pamphlet includes a selection of shops of interest a map of the mall and several maps of China and Hong Kong. Small quarto. With colour illustrations and maps throughout. Wire-stitched in original pictorial paper wrappers. Contemporary pen annotations to map and one page. Spine ends rubbed small crease to foot of covers. A very good example. unknown
1897165561Hong Kong: Noranha & Co. Printers to the Hongkong Government 1897 & 1899. By order of Governor Robinson First editions the 1894 ordinances being a second printing issued shortly after first publication. Noranha & Co.'s volumes of ordinances from the 19th century are now rare both institutionally and in commerce. The regulations in these volumes concern a range of topics including the formation of a Hong Kong volunteer corps new requirements for the registration of medical practitioners and the introduction of licenses and numbered metal tags for all dogs. 1894 also heralded the strengthened regulation of slaughterhouses meat markets and the opium trade between Hong Kong Canton and Macao. The same year Governor William Robinson promulgated a lengthy directive on the government's legal resumption of the unsanitary Taipingshan area. Two works octavo. Original brown wrappers or boards green linen backstrips front covers lettered in black. Ex-New York City Bar Association Library with shelf label along spines and stamp on title pages. Wrappers with some wear losses to covers of 1893 volume with couple of large closed tears neatly repaired with tissue 1894 volume with paste-action browning to endpapers and 65 mm split at foot of front free endpaper contents of both evenly toned. About very good copies of these vulnerable works. hardcover
1900178831Hong Kong: Printed by Noronha & Co. Printers to the Hongkong Government 1900. First edition first printing including measures on pensions for the widows and orphans of public officers a ban on smoking around naval establishments and military magazines and restrictions on the sale and export of firearms. 1900 marked the midway period of Governor Blake's time in office. "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 3 folding tables tables and Chinese characters in text. Original stiff blue boards black cloth backstrip front cover lettered in black. A little shaken binding lightly worn bumping and chipping at fore-edge text unaffected: a very good copy. hardcover
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
35006701Hong Kong nd. ca 1920's Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store.Four postcard color panoramic photo of Canton 56 x 9 cm. very good hinges usual worn and restored now solid English captions in Red folds down to be 14 x 9 cm. QUITE SCARCE ! This is an obscure and rarely found complete panoramic view of the great southern city of Canton Guangzhou on four consecutive color postcards. The panorama shows at the top far left printed in red ink: "PANORAMA OF CANTON" followed by "RAILWAY TO FATSHAN" "SHEK-WAI-TONG" "PUN-TONG" " WHITE CLOUD HILL" "FRENCH CATHEDRAL" "SHAMEEN" "RIVER STEAMBOAT WHARF" "FERRY PIERS" "CHAU-TAU-TSUI" "HONAM AND FONG CHUEN." THE COMPLETE RARE SET OF FOUR COLOR POSTCARDS OF CANTON: This is seldom found complete with all four cards connected. Our RARE example is complete as issued. A lovely view of Canton city with two rivers meandering through the city. . This panorama covers the whole city and the rivers with several kinds of shipping. CONDITION: The four attached postcards are in excellent condition with bright color and no fading. There is some of the usual wear in the folds where a small bit of the color is lacking. All of the hinges are solid and restored from the verso back. . unknown
110175Hong Kong Ye Olde Printerie n.d. circa 1925. . Landscape folio 28.5 x 21 cm iii preface pp. title with tipped-in photograph 26 tipped-in sepia photographs on 24 leaves captioned below image each with accompanying leaf of descriptive text original buff card wrappers with large photographic image to upper cover a very good example.<br /> A very attractive series of photographs showing Hong Kong in the colonial era.<br /><br />'Denis Henry Hazell 1897-1970 was a British businessman. Some of his photographs were published in Picturesque Hong Kong Ye Olde Printerie Ltd. Hong Kong in approximately 1925. Hazell was born in Clevedon Somerset the son of local photographer Edwin Henry Hazell. He moved to Hong Kong in 1923 to take up a position in business there and lived in the colony until his death'. Historical photographs of China University of Bristol.<br /> Hong Kong, Ye Olde Printerie, n.d. circa 1925. unknown
ria9781138604582_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; How is it possible that a phenomenon like psychoanalysis which has dominated the cultural and intellectual life of the last century in Europe North and South America has seemingly had little-to-no resonance in Hong Kong This book at paperback
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
2025x-1032461446Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 182 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2026x-1032559047Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 252 pages. 6.14x0.57x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
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
19792188111979 -1995. Seven Chinese - English bilingual publications about postage stamps from China Hong Kong Macau and Taiwan and a 1981 Chinese Stamp Catalog in Japanese. Varying sizes approximately 21cm x 14cm colour and black and white photographic illustrations throughout text in English and traditional Chinese characters. All in original card or paper wrappers vary from covers worn to very good but all are clean and sound. Useful collection for anyone interested in Chinese philately in this period from the late 1970s to the 1990s. Publications in this group: <br>Postage Stamp Catalogue of Hong Kong 1979 香港郵票目錄 <br>Postage Stamp & Postage History of Hong Kong 1981 香港郵票目錄 <br>Chinese Postage Stamps Catalogue Taiwan Part 1 1982 中國郵票圖鑒 <br>K.C. Yu's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue of China Taiwan1977 標準中國郵票目錄 <br>Chinese Postage Stamps Catalogue - Taiwan Issues 1981 國郵近期票目錄 <br>Yang's Postage Stamp Catalogue of the People's Republic of China Part II 1994 中華人民共和國郵票圖鑒 <br>Yang's Postage Stamp & Postal Stationery Catalogue of Macau 1995 澳門郵票目錄 <br>Chinese Stamp Catalog Illustrated in Colors 1981. . unknown
1518178993London.: Illustrated London News. August 151857. Two engravings 15 and 17.3 lower engraving x 23 cm on a single newspaper leaf related text mid-page in very good condition. Two engravings after drawings by the "Special Artist and Correspondent" Charles Wirgman 1832-1891 who used Hong Kong as his base for visits to Manila Macau and China. His descriptive commentary for each engraving is mid-page. He has placed himself in the first engraving with his characteristic straw hat. <br> <br>For more on Wirgman his partnership with Felix Beato and his foundational influence in Japan see the late Joan Kerr's article at Design and Art Australia online DAAO. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . Illustrated London News. unknown
95004601Hong Kong 1979 O.C.S.H.K. Blue cloth very good dj. 264p. 29 color 316 b.w. photos Chinese & English text & captions covers 304 well described individual items 19 x 26.5 cm. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION An excellent anthology with essays: J. Addis: CHINESE WARES. B. McElney: CELEDON WARES. I. Yee: SOUTHERN CHINESE KILNS. P. Wen-chee Mao: YING-CH'ING or CH'ING-PAI WARES & his SHU FU WARES. A. Joseph & B. McElney: BLUE AND WHITE WARES. A. Joseph: UNDERGLAZE RED WARES & his VARIOUS COILORED WARES. R. Brown: SOUTH-EAST ASIAN WARES. An excellent exhibition catalog highly useful reference nicely illustrated and written by leading scholars and researchers in the field. 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
1998x-0749427973Kogan Page Ltd 1998. Paperback. New. 256 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. Kogan Page Ltd paperback
