Highlights for China in Print Hong Kong Antiquarian Book Fair Stand No. 21
30 November - 2 December 2018
Section Contents Items are listed within each section in order of publication
01-38
Hong Kong
39-40
Macau
41-59
China
60-68
Others
69-76
Vintage Posters
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HONG KONG 1. HALL, Captain W.H. & BERNARD, W.D.
- The Nemesis in China, comprising History of the Late War in that Country; with an Account of the Colony of Hong Kong. London: Henry Colburn, 1848 Fourth edition. Octavo, xxix; (iii); 399 + 24 (publisher’s catalogue) + 3 plates + 4 folding maps. In the original dark green cloth, rebacked with the original spine re-laid. Includes folding map of Hong Kong island and a large folding map of the Pearl River delta to Canton. First published in two volumes in 1844, condensed to a single volume from the second edition onwards. Nemesis was the first British ocean going iron warship, launched in 1839 and used to great effect in the First Opium War. She first saw action in the Second Battle of Chuenpee on 7 January 1841 and was able to accompany the British fleet up the river to Canton given her shallow draught. The book includes chapters on the establishment
of the colony of Hong Kong and the formation of the local government as well as general comments on the new colony. A Very Good copy. [B2213] £500
2. HONG KONG. Report on Hong Kong;
report on Chusan; and minute on the British position and prospects in China, by Mr. R. Montgomery Martin. Governor Davis' despatch, dated 20 August 1844, enclosing Mr. Montgomery Martin's observations on the colony of Hong Kong; and other despatches upon the same subject. London: The House of Commons, 1857 Folio, pp 40 + two maps of Chusan. Binding sewn as issued. No covers. R. Montgomery Martin produced a most critical report on the prospects for Hong Kong within a few months of arriving in the colony to take up the position of Treasurer in 1844. Among other things he concludes in the report that there is “…no trade of any noticeable extent in Hong Kong”, and “no apparent prospect of Hong Kong ever yielding any revenue adequate to more than a small civil government”. He describes the hills as “…of a greenish hue, like a decayed Stilton cheese” and complains
about the climate, disease, mortality and sickness. Talking of the army, he says “out of 100 men, there are sometimes not more than five or six men fit for duty”. Hong Kong Governor Davis dispatched Martin’s report to London with a cover letter, also included in this document, disputing Martin’s opinions and wrote a subsequent letter refuting all Martin’s assertions and claims. The report concludes with two further documents about Chusan, written by Montgomery Martin in 1844 and 1845, extolling the virtues and benefits of establishing a trading colony at Chusan rather than Hong Kong. An important report which if it had been given more credence in London could have had a significant impact on the sustainability of the fledgling colony of Hong Kong. A fascinating read. In very good condition. Scarce. [X500] £680
3. [HONG KONG] Die Insel Hong-Kong
and Karte der Diebesinseln The Island of Hong Kong and Map of the Ladrones Islands (or ‘Thieves Islands’) Steel engraved map, circa 1860, German origin. Sheet size 19cm x 25cm. Both the engraved print and map are drawn from Clarke Abel, “Narrative of…..a Journey to and from China” (the 'Amhurst Embassy Report') which was originally published in 1819. The print is a stylized impression of the waterfall at Aberdeen harbour, the map shows Hong Kong and the Ladrones Islands which ships would pass following the trade winds into Hong Kong. Fine condition. [PTL-KM9] £425
4. FLOYD, William Prior - Three albumen
print photographs of Happy Valley Racecourse, Hong Kong, circa 1868 i) Race Course (From Morrison’s Hill), 282mm x 214mm [No. 103] ii) Race Course (From Steward’s Bungalow), 268mm x 191mm [No. 84] iii) The Grand Stand (Race Course) Hong Kong, 283mm x 210mm [No. 85]
Hong Kong Daily Press an offering of over 150 photographs of Hong Kong, Canton and Macao. Among these photographs were the three images of Happy Valley included here which had Floyd’s stock numbers 84, 85 & 103. All three prints have very good contrast and tonal range, some edge fading, especially to the Grandstand photograph.
[Ref: Terry Bennett, History of Photography in China 18611879, pp 7-18, 344-345, 351, 354]
[C2837] £2500
5. ALBUMEN PRINT PHOTOGRAPH –
Hong Kong, Merchants’ Offices on Praya, circa 1870 Original albumen print, 275mm x 200mm.
W.P. Floyd (b. 1834) arrived in Hong Kong in early 1867 having previously worked in Shanghai and Macao from 1864 to 1866. He quickly established his photographic studios and became the main competitor of John Thomson in Hong Kong by the late 1860’s. In 1868 Floyd was advertising in the
Circa 1870. Unidentified photographer. Backed on original album card, blank verso. An excellent image looking along the Praya or waterfront in Central with the original Wardley House on the left side. Wardley House was the first premises of Hongkong Bank, leased from Dent & Co initially and then purchased in 1866, it was torn down for redevelopment in 1883. Very Good contrast and tonal range, some fading to edges. [C2374] £600
6. ALBUMEN PRINT PHOTOGRAPH –
Hong Kong, Race Course, circa 1870 Original albumen print, 270mm x 205mm. Circa 1870. Unidentified photographer. Backed on original album card, blank verso. View over Happy Valley race course looking north towards the harbour and Morrison’s Hill. Very Good contrast and tonal range, some fading to edges. [C2375] £600
ii) Harrison & Sons – Hong Kong, 17cm x 11.5cm. Published circa 1900. With all territory and islands coloured orange (this map was issued following the 1898 New Territories leasehold treaty)
iii) Waterlow & Sons – Map of the Colony of Hong Kong, 36.5cm x 29cm, folded. Published circa 1915. Detailed map showing the land and water boundaries of Hong Kong, the rivers and regions beyond the border in today’s Shenzhen District. Within Hong Kong, roads, the railway, telegraphs, towns and police stations are marked. 7. [MAPS] FOURS LITHO PRINTED MAPS
OF HONG KONG, 1890-1930 i) Harrison & Sons – Hong Kong, 17cm x 11.5cm. Published circa 1890. With the island of Hong Kong and Kowloon peninsula coloured orange and the land beyond Kowloon marked as ‘Mainland of China’.
iv) Waterlow & Sons – Map of Hong Kong and the New Territories, 36cm x 29cm, folded. Published circa 1930. Detailed map similar to the earlier Waterlow map above, without the detail on the Chinese side of the border, and with several new police stations marked. Interesting collection of maps issued around
9. THE CALAMITOUS TYPHOON at Hong
Kong, 18th September 1906, being a Full Account of the Disaster with twenty illustrations Hong Kong: The Hongkong Daily Press Office, 1906 First edition. Quarto, pp20 + 20 photograph illustrations on 12 plates. Red soft card covers with black text to upper cover, advertisements to inside of covers. Passing through the colony in the space of a couple of hours, this storm was the second most deadly typhoon ever to hit Hong Kong with loss of life and shortly after the time Hong Kong was expanded under the 1898 lease treaty. All in Fine condition, two maps folded as noted above. [M2629-2632] £880/set of 4 maps
8. HONG KONG NAVAL YARD – Proposed
Dockyard Extension London: Wyman & Sons, for HMSO, 1897 Lithographic printed map of the Naval Yard at Admiralty District, Hong Kong. 31.7cm x 20.3cm. Map shows the then layout of the docks plus the proposed extension from 4 ¾ acres to 28 acres. This area today is the Headquarters of the PLA Garrison in Hong Kong and was formerly the Royal Navy HMS Tamar. An uncommon map. [PTL-KM18] £380
estimated at around 4,000-10,000. Only the
1937 Typhoon was more devastating to human life. The book gives a contemporary evaluation of the storm, the damage on land and to ships and the aftermath and clean up following the storm. A lovely copy in just about Fine condition. Very scarce. Worldcat lists 3 copies only, none on COPAC. [B2912] £780 10. ARCHIVE COLLECTION OF 13
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM 1906 HONG KONG TYPHOON Thirteen loose images showing the devastation wrought by the Hong Kong typhoon of 1906. The photos are 3 x 4 ¼ inches. The typhoon of September 18, 1906 was a major natural disaster, causing widespread damage with an estimated loss of life of 4,000-10,000 in Hong Kong. Many vessels were broken up or sunk and the wharf, warehouses and other structures along the
The German steamer shown is the Petrarch, which was pushed onto the steamers Emma Luykin and Monteagle, then onto the Kowloon Wharf. The HMS Phoenix was a sloop, (launched in 1895) that had seen action during the Boxer Rebellion; it capsized onto Yau Ma Tei. The “French gun boat” is the French destroyer Fronde, which collided with another vessel, killing several French sailors. A large 1908 memorial in Happy Valley cemetery to French victims from the Fronde was recently restored; it is one of the few remaining physical reminders in Hong Kong of this typhoon. The “American sailing ship” is the S.P. Hitchcock (launched in 1883). Each image is marked on the back with a description, reproduced below, with cataloguer’s comments in square brackets: • • • • • • • • •
• • • • harbor severely damaged. This archive shows damage to shipping in the harbour, piers and wharves and the waterfront. The images are of the West Kowloon and Yau Ma Tei area.
American sailing ship wrecked [S.P. Hitchcock, at Kowloon Wharf] German steamer ashore [Petrach, at Kowloon Wharf] German steamer ashore [Petrach, from a different angle] One of B&S’s lighters wrecked [in the foreground, with Petrach behind] HMS Phoenix wrecked [Royal Navy sloop at Yau Ma Tei] Wreck of a French gun boat [French destroyer, Fronde at West Kowloon] Another snap of French gun boat [Fronde] River boat sunk in the harbor The Chinese are walking on the wreckage | about 200 bodies were recovered when this small place was cleared Remains of the Ferry Wharf Wreckage Wreckage [another image of the same wharf] Houses wrecked [B2734] £1000
11. PANORAMA VIEW OF HONG KONG
AND THE HARBOUR FROM MIDLEVELS, circa 1920
Silver gelatin printed photograph in four parts, co-joined and backed on old card. 115cm x 23.5cm (45” x 9 ¼”). Unidentified photographer. Taken from the bottom of Magazine Gap Road, close to the junction with Brewin Path and where the Peak Tram crosses. In the foreground is Kingsclere Hotel, owned by E.R. Belilos which was demolished in 1923. Below the hotel and slightly to the right is the Helena May Building which was completed in 1916. The French Consul General’s residence on Old Peak Road can be seen away to the left (Queen’s Garden is on this site today) flying two flags from the roof, surrounded by several grand private mansions. Along the waterfront the buildings of Central can be clearly seen, including Queen’s and Prince’s Buildings, the Hong Kong Club and to the right HMS Tamar with the dry dock appearing to be empty. On the crest of the hill to the right of the photograph is the British Military Hospital, one of the few buildings in this photograph still standing in 2018. The former islands of Kellett and Stonecutters can both be seen clearly in the harbour as can the tip of Tsim
detail from centre of C2635
Sha Tsui with the Kowloon Railway Station and Clock Tower but as yet no Peninsula Hotel. This photograph was taken at a time when the vegetation was high and so several landmark buildings such as Government House are hidden among the trees. The photograph has excellent tonal range and contrast, focus is extremely sharp in fore and middle ground. Excellent overall condition (a tiny knock to the top right corner with no loss). [C2635] £2400 12. HONG KONG – A Brief History and
Guide of Hong Kong and the New Territories Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, 1924. First edition. Octavo, pp [20] 144, [12]. Beige soft wraps with illustrated front cover. Illustrated with 12 photographs on 8 plates. Three folding maps, Central and Western District; Hong Kong Island and a large map titled Hong Kong and New Leased Territory. More of an introduction to Hong Kong for
visitors than a practical guidebook. In VGcondition, some spotting to the covers, the plan of Central has some chipping to the right margin intruding a little into the map, otherwise binding tight and clean internally. [B2692] £680 13. MAUGHAM, W. Somerset – The
Painted Veil New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925 First Edition. Octavo, pp289. Red cloth covered boards with title blind stamped to upper board and in gilt to spine. In the scarce original dust jacket, priced $2.00 net to the spine. This is the true first edition published on 20th March 1925 (5,000 copies), preceding the William Heinemann published English edition. Furthermore, this Doran edition contains the original language with references to Hong Kong, Canton, Happy Valley etc unchanged. The Heinemann edition was subject to a protest by the Assistant Secretary of the Hong Kong Government who protested the setting of the story and it was recalled and
the references changed to fictitious place names. The Painted Veil is a story about Kitty Fane, trapped in a loveless marriage to a doctor, who has an affair with another man whom she eventually realises is deceiving her. It is a story of the discovery of her true self. The book has been filmed twice, most recently in 2006 starring Naomi Watts and Edward Norton. VG+ book which has fading to the spine, some browning to end papers, in VG jacket which has minor wear to extremities, a small chip to top of spine and a scorch-mark to the front flap. Definitely scarce in the wrapper. [B2781] £2,000
14. THE SHORT CUT TO BEAUTY – HONG
KONG’S PEAK TRAM No publication date, but circa 1930. No author or publisher identified. Small volume 11cm x 16.5cm, pp16 of which eight are full page black & white photographs. Staple bound in cream colour soft covers, black Chinese style lettering to front cover and a map of Central district showing the walking routes from the Star Ferry to the Peak Tram terminus in back and red to the rear cover. A most attractive booklet in Near Fine condition (covers a little tanned). Scarce. [B2628] £200
15. THÉVENET, Jean Gaston Antoine -
Three Photograph Albums recording a visit to Hong Kong, 15th-17th April 1936 Pictorial record of a visit to Hong Kong bound uniformly into three card albums, each oblong, 33cm x 24cm. All photographs are a uniform size of 13cm x 8.3cm. In total the albums contain 196 personal photographs, presumed taken by Thévenet, and a further 12 commercial real photo postcards (these are in the second album). In addition there are numerous ephemeral items from the visit tipped into the albums. Thévenet arrived in Hong Kong aboard the NYK Line S.S. Kitano Maru which he had boarded in Melbourne on 21st March, and the first album includes a copy of a thank you letter to the ship’s captain and the menu of the final dinner aboard, the ‘Sayonara Dinner’. There are also several pages of photographs of his fellow passengers at the Farewell Dinner. The second album, which has a luggage label for the Gloucester Hotel to the front cover, contains photographs of Hong Kong harbour, the streets, the fish market and several shots from the balcony on the top floor of the Gloucester Hotel looking over the roof tops of Central. There is also a brochure for the Douglas Steamship Company promoting its coastal trips to Swatow, Amoy and Foochow and several shop receipts including Sincere Company (pyjamas $8.50), the Asia Company and the Kowloon Linen Shop (photo printing). The final album has further photographs of Hong Kong including aboard the Star Ferry with several shots of Chinese passengers travelling on the ferry, the Peak Hotel, views from the Peak and junks and sampans in the harbour. There is also some stationery from the Peak Hotel. Jean Thévenet was a Belgian journalist and traveller, born circa 1897. He undertook an extended trip round the World trip including in the South Pacific in 1934-1936 of which the visit to Hong Kong was a part. The three Hong
Kong albums are numbered 75, 76 & 77 in a sequence which presumably goes back to the beginning of his trip in 1934. An account of Thévenet’s voyage was published in the Belgian newspaper ‘La Libre Belgique’ after his return home. [B2410] £1600
17. HERKLOTS, G.A.C. [Geoffrey Alton 16. HERKLOTS, G.A.C. [Geoffrey Alton
Craig] – Hong Kong Nature Series – Orchids Hong Kong: The University, [1937] First edition. Octavo, pp62. Illustrated with 15 photographic plates (containing 20 photographs, some being half page) and thirty four in-text drawings. Beige and grey mottled effect paper covered hard boards with black lettering and drawing to the upper board. Printed by The Newspaper Enterprise Ltd. The author notes in the introduction that he arrived in Hong Kong in 1928, and he became a noted local authority on matters flora and fauna, publishing books on birds and fish as well as plants and edible vegetables. Very good condition. A scarce work, only 8 copies listed on Worldcat. [B2665] £200
Craig] – Hong Kong Nature Series – Flowering Shrubs and Trees, First Twenty together with Flowering Shrubs and Trees, Second Twenty Hong Kong: Published by G.A.C. Herklots at The University, [1937, 1938] Two volumes, both First Editions. Volume 1: Octavo, pp34 + 13 photographic plates (containing 20 photographs, most being half page) and 25 in-text drawings. Volume 2: Octavo, pp45 + 11 photographic plates (containing 20 photographs) and 25 in-text drawings. Paper covered hard boards with black lettering and drawing to the upper boards. First volume printed by The Newspaper Enterprise, Second Volume by the South China Morning Post. Boards a little grubby, previous owner’s name to front pastedowns, first volume has some markings, in red and graphite pencils, of sightings of several of the plants together with the location where found (Repulse Bay, above Aberdeen, PeakWanchai Road, etc) all dated 1939. Overall both volumes are in VG condition. [B2693] £300
18. THORBECKE, Ellen & SCHIFF (illustrator)
- Hong Kong Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, [1938] First edition. Small quarto, pp 69. Illustrated paper covered hard boards; with original dust jacket which has same illustration. Book about
19. LOK HOI TONG BUSINESS DIRECTORY Hong Kong: Commercial Press, not dated [1930’s] First edition. Small volume (17cm x 10.5cm), pp103. Text in Chinese. Soft brown paper wraps, titles in red to front cover. Illustrated with photographs throughout mainly of company premises including Lok Hoi Tong Bank branch. Near Fine condition, rear cover and last two pages have a soft crease, otherwise excellent. Exceptionally scarce. [B2490] £350
Hong Kong, mainly targeted at tourists and visitors, with text and photographs by Ellen Thorbecke and embellished with drawings by Friedrich Schiff. Book is in Fine condition, dust jacket is Near Fine with one short tear top centre and some minor rubbing. An excellent copy of an increasingly difficult to find book. [B2100] £850
20. WOOD, Winifred A. - A Brief History
of Hongkong Hong Kong: South China Morning Post, 1940 First and only edition of 1,000 copies, this being No. 543. Small octavo, pp 278 + iv. Black leatherette covers with gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Map of Hong Kong to the
front endpaper. Concise history of the first hundred years of the colony of Hong Kong, drawing among other sources on E.J. Eitel’s book Europe in Asia. Near Fine condition with slight rubbing to corners of the boards. [B2585] £280
21. “JARDINES” and the EWO interests Published by Jardine, Matheson & Co., 1947 First edition, pp52, blue cloth covered hard boards with titling and decoration in white and red to the front. End paper maps by Fred Hering. Photo illustrated throughout. Complete with the five art deco designed company promotional pamphlets in rear pocket as called for (the book is often found without the pamphlets). Quite scarce. [B2086] £450
22. Hong Kong Annual Report, 1948 Hong Kong: The Government of Hong Kong, March 1949 First edition. Red cloth spine with paper covered hard boards. Large Octavo, pp159. Illustrated with photographs, many being credited to Francis Wu. Two large folding maps at rear. Contemporary gift inscription to the ffep (To all at Nos. 6 & 22 | Arthur | 2/12/49). Front board pulling, otherwise
bright and clean. A very attractive copy, Very Good+ condition. [B2850] £700
captions to each page. Includes some unusual views including of Shek-O Golf Course, Aberdeen Harbour and King’s Park Kowloon from the air. An album of Hong Kong photographs from the period shortly after WW2 and before the huge building programme during the 1950’s to house the growing population as people fled from China. In Good+ condition, with some creasing to covers and pages. Uncommon and collectible pictorial book. [B2852] £260 24. [WEISS, Karl] - Hong Kong Guide,
Comprehensive Street Index with 18 Maps
23. THE CHINA MAIL PICTORIAL OF HONG
KONG Hong Kong: The Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd., not dated, circa 1949. Oblong quarto, 25.5cm x 17.5cm. Soft covers, staple bound. Sixteen pages of photographs + front cover and inside rear with photo
Hong Kong: Graphic Press, 1950 First edition. Small volume, 12cm x 15.5cm. pp103 + 18 folding maps. Red paper covered hard boards over red cloth spine with an advertisement for Philippine Airlines pasted to the lower half of the upper board. In the original red dust jacket. This is the very scarce first printing of Weiss’ oft reprinted guidebook; this first printing actually does not credit the compiler. Fine condition book in a just about fine jacket – an exceptional copy. [B2196] £350
25. MACINTOSH, D.W. - Hong Kong
Annual Report by the Commissioner of Police for the Year Ended the 31st March 1950 Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., Ltd, 1950 Quarto, pp39. Staple bound and with soft blue card wraps. Detailed report including police numbers, recruitment, crime statistics, equipment, welfare, etc. Marked with the initial ‘DC’ to the front cover, a vertical fold up the centre of the whole book, otherwise in Very Good+ condition. A scarce document. [B2853] £120
26. HEYWOOD, G.S.P. - Rambles in Hong
Kong Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, Ltd, 1951 Second edition, revised and enlarged, of book originally published in 1938. Octavo, pp 80. Turquoise paper covered hard boards with title to upper, end paper maps of Hong Kong and the New Territories drawn by the author. Illustrated with in-text drawings and four full page illustrations. An unusual and entertaining book, especially given the continuing great interest in hill walking in Hong Kong. Binding tight but spine worn and cracked, end-papers browned, overall in VGcondition. [B2322] £225
27. CORONATION FESTIVITIES, HONG
KONG, 1953 Hong Kong: South China Morning Post, 1953 Oblong octavo, 21.5cm x 14cm. pp 64. Soft cream covers, staple bound, title in purple to front cover and decorated with crest of Queen Elizabeth II. One page introduction flowed by 47 full bleed pages of photographs of the coronation celebrations in Hong Kong, each captioned below. An interesting photographic record of Hong Kong from the early 1950’s. Near Fine condition. [B2851] £250
28. A RECORD OF THE ACTIONS OF THE
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS IN THE BATTLE FOR HONG KONG, DECEMBER 1941 Hong Kong: Ye Olde Printerie, 1956 Second (and preferred) edition. Octavo, pp 61 + two large folding maps. Red paper covered rigid boards with black lettering and decoration to the upper board. A very detailed report of the HKVDC including the fighting in
29. [EDMUND BLUNDEN] Theatre
Programme for Comus, A Masque by John Milton preceded by The Secular Masque by John Dryden
Wong Nei Chong, Deep Water Bay, Repulse Bay and Stanley. The first edition of this small book was published in 1953 but did not include the two large folding maps. Laid in is a flyer promoting “Our Hong Kong” Tie, with a ‘tongue-in-cheek’ explanation of the tie’s symbolism. Very good condition, small red stain to fore-edge, previous owner’s name to front end paper. Always a sought-after title. [B2245] £380
Hong Kong: Festival of the Arts, 1956 Quarto format theatre programme, 19cm x 26.5cm, pp 4 + card covers, bound with lilac colour ribbon and with large crest of the Hong Kong Festival of the Arts to the rear cover. A production at Hong Kong University in which Edmund Blunden, then Professor of English, played the role of Chronos in the Secular Masque. The first page of the programme is a Prologue written in verse by Blunden. The programme has been inscribed and signed by Blunden to the front cover in black ink: “George Whalley from one of the | Crew. E. Blunden. 36 Soho Square | July 31, 1956”. George Whalley was a Canadian poet and lecturer in English at Queen’s University, Ontario. Scarce piece of ephemera of Hong Kong University interest, with interesting inscription by Edmund Blunden. In Very Good condition, folded once horizontally. [B2466] £175
30. BRAGA, J.M. [José Maria] - Hong Kong
Business Symposium, a Compilation of Authoritative Views on the Administration, Commerce and Resources of Britain’s Far Eastern Outpost Hong Kong: South China Morning Post, 1957 First edition. Quarto, pp 589. Paper covered hard boards illustrated with a panoramic photograph view of the Hong Kong harbour across both boards and spine. End paper maps. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Comprehensive commercial directory of Hong Kong and its business enterprises across all major business sectors. Packed full of information about the colony in the immediate post-war period. With a contemporary, possibly original, plain paper dust jacket. A dent at the bottom of the upper board, otherwise book is bright, clean, tightly bound and in Near Fine condition. Heavy book. Uncommon. [B2742] £500
31. The HONG KONG DOLLAR ($)
DIRECTORY 1959 Hong Kong: Local Printing Press Ltd, 1959 First edition. Comprehensive annual commercial directory published since the 1920’s. Thick octavo, pp 1466. Paper covered hard boards over cloth spine. Priced at HK$10.00 to bottom of spine. The first 82 pages covers useful information on Hong Kong such as ferry timetables, post office rates import tariffs and typhoon warning signals. The bulk of the directory lists details including addresses and senior staff of the Hongs, Government, Religious Organisations, Hospitals, etc. Near the end is 155 pages being a Who’s Who of Hong Kong. Commercial advertisements throughout. Minor scuffing to boards, binding strong though pulling at ends, overall in Very Good+ condition. [B2626] £500
overall in Very Good+ condition. Seldom seen directory, scarcer than the Dollar Directory. [B2246] £580
33. HONG KONG] WEATHER SERVICES FOR
SHIPPING Hong Kong: The Government Printer, 1960 Second edition, Revised. Octavo, pp 17. Soft card covers, staple bound with lettering in black and decorated with the crest of the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong to the front cover. Originally issued in 1956, this second revised edition was printed in May 1960. Detailed information, primarily for mariners, of local weather signals, radio bulletins’ timing and frequencies, supply of weather maps and checking of ships’ barometers, etc. Spine split at ends, overall Very Good condition. Most uncommon. [B2460] £90
32. The O.K. BUSINESS DIRECTORY – Hong
Kong & Japan 1959 Hong Kong: O.K. Printing Press, 1959 First edition. Comprehensive annual commercial directory, of a very similar format to the Dollar Directory above. Thick octavo, pp 1040. Paper covered hard boards over brown cloth spine. Priced at HK$10.00 to lower front board. The first 60 pages of this directory contain the typical calendars, postal and cable rates etc, but most of the section (pp 9-48) given over to the Common Embargo List for Trade with China and the Soviet Bloc issued by the Board of Trade in London and the revised list effective August 1958. Thereafter the directory section includes addresses, contact details and senior staff of Hongs, Government, Schools, Agencies for Hong Kong (pp 61-836) and then the Japan section lists companies by industry (airlines, banks, hotels, trading companies etc) for pp 837-1040. Binding tight, clean internally, upper board dented at top,
34. THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG –
Offered together with:
Paramount Press Book and Merchandising Manual
THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG – US 1965 re-release one sheet poster
New York: Paramount Pictures Corporation, 1960 Original large format press book, 31cm x 48cm. pp 20 including the yellow card covers. Illustrated with advertising material throughout. This press book was issued to cinema managers upon initial national release of the film in December 1960 listing posters available for theatre advertising and also layouts of advertisements to be used for local newspaper and magazine advertising. The first pages promotes the film to encourage theatres nationwide to show it – “ The World of Suzie Wong has captured the imagination of everyone who has entered its magic gates”. The press book has been used, as often found, and had three small sections cut out. Folded once horizontally. Otherwise clean, Very Good condition overall.
Size: 69cm x 104cm (27” x 41”). Machine folded upon printing as usually found. With National Screen Service code R65/111. Unused, no pin holes at corners, colours bright. Near Fine condition. [P2259/60]. Together £225
35. RELIEF MAP OF HONG KONG AND
NEW TERRITORIES Kowloon, Hong Kong: Relief Map Service, not dated [circa 1960] Three dimensional relief map of Hong kong, 60cm x 45cm. Fabricated with plaster on hardboard backing, and hand painted. Maximum elevation approx 4cm. Physical map showing different terrain and with the vertical heights exaggerated. Marks major roads, the railway line, and towns, islands and water inlets named. Tai Lam Chung reservoir in the western New Territories (completed 1957) is also marked. Presented in a contemporary oak frame. The plaster for the small island of Po Toi, approx 2.5cm diameter, at the bottom of the map is missing, otherwise in excellent condition. [M2421] £1200
mouthpiece newspaper in Hong Kong. A fascinating look from the pro-China side at the 1967 Hong Kong Riots – in a books which has chapter headings including A Century of Oppression and Fascist Atrocities. Book is a bit wavy from some mild dampness, spine ends worn, a previous owner’s note (unrelated to the book content) to rear cover in black ink, otherwise binding tight and book in overall Very Good- condition. Quite scarce. [B2089] £500
36. HAMILTON, G.C. - Flag badges, Seals
and Arms of Hong Kong Hong Kong: At the Government Press, 1963 First edition. Octavo, pp48, Hard boards with decoration and title to upper board. Erratum slip tipped onto front paste-down (priced $5.00). Illustrated with 16 plates, several in colour, of flag badges, seals and coats of arms used in Hong Kong. Near fine condition. [B1998] £150 37. WE SHALL WIN! British Imperialism in
Hong Kong Will be Defeated! Hong Kong: Ta Kung Pao, November 1967 First edition. Horizontal format quarto, 26cm x 23cm. Unpaginated, but approx 200 pages. Soft wraps, red and grey with title in Chinese and English to the upper cover. A photograph book of the anti-British riots and troubles in Hong Kong during 1967 published by Ta Kung Pao, the Chinese Communist Party’s
38. HONG KONG – Complete set of 15
Maps of the Territory, at 1:20,000 Scale London: Director of Military Survey, Ministry of Defence, 1976-1980 Fifteen 1:20,000 scale large sheet maps covering the whole of Hong Kong, each sheet being 90cm x 80cm. Maps produced directly from the Crown Lands and Survey Office, Public Works Department, Hong Kong with addition of Full Military Grid. Sheets numbered 2-16 (Sheet 1 on the Grid would include no territory falling within Hong Kong and thus not within the set. All maps are uniformly folded with three vertical and two horizontal folds. All maps issued between 1976 and 1980. All maps in excellent clean condition except as follows: Sheet 3 -
MACAO
manuscript markings in pencil, bottom left corner cut which is in the margin only and does not encroach on the mapped area; Sheet 5 – some minor fold wear, pencil manuscript markings; Sheet 7 – manuscript markings in pencil and red pen; Sheet 16 – rust stains in right hand border not affecting mapped area. A fascinating set of maps showing Hong Kong on a large scale, approximately 40 years ago and before much of the recent mass construction and land reclamation especially for the new airport and the huge New Territories towns. Uncommon to find a complete set and in such clean condition. [B0192] £800
39. CATÁLOGO GERAL DA
REPRESENTAÇÃO DE MACAU NA EXPOSIÇÃO PORTUGUÊSA EM SEVILHA 1929 Macau: N.T. Fernandes & Filhos, [1929] First edition. Octavo, pp [3] 25 [4]. Orange paper covers, string bound in Chinese style. With an additional eight pages on orange paper, unnumbered and containing advertisements. Catalogue issued to promote the Macanese contribution to the Portuguese Exposition in Seville in 1929. Text in Portuguese, numerous advertisements for Macau businesses throughout. Border decorations of Chinese imagery including dragons, fish, coins, rickshaws, etc. A lovely production. In near Fine condition. Very scarce, Worldcat lists two copies only (in BL and NYPL). [B2783] £450
CHINA 41. Guide for Tourists to Peking and its
Environs with a Plan of the City of Peking and a Sketch Map of its Neighbourhood. Tientsin: The Tientsin Press, 1897. First Edition. Octavo, 14cm x 21cm. Green paper covers with lettering in black. 50 pages, large folding map. A very rare and early tourist guide to Peking which gives detail on travelling from the port of Tientsin to Peking, the Tartar City, the Chinese City, the neighbourhood close to Peking and excursions to the Western Hills, Ming Tombs and Great Wall. Fragile, the front cover is separated, internally clean, maps in excellent condition. Very Good condition. Rare, COPAC lists only two copies of this guide, at The British Library and the V&A. [B0214] £1,200
40. SILVA, F.A. (Jim) - “All Our
Yesterdays…” The Sons of Macao, Their History and Heritage California: UMA, Inc., 1979 First edition. Octavo, pp 53. Card covers, staple bound, front cover decorated with drawings of the Macau-Taipa Bridge and St. Paul’s Church by Rodrigo DeSouza. Illustrated with photographs. Short history of the Macanese people, origins, characteristics, patois, food, diaspora, etc. Very Good + condition, covers a little browned. Scarce, COPAC lists one copy only, at SOAS. [B2184] £90
43. [CANTON] Panorama of Canton 42. THE ‘DAILY MAIL’ MAP OF THE WAR IN
CHINA London: George Philip & Son, not dated [1900] Linen backed colour printed map of China. Six vertical and three horizontal folds, overall 70cm x 54cm. Housed in red cloth covered hard boards, gilt lettering to front. The map shows the North-eastern part of China together with the Korean peninsula and has two detailed insets, of Hong Kong and the Pearl River and of the City of Peking, the latter included ‘by special permission of Mr Alfred Edmonds’. Treaty Ports, railways, roads and sea routes are marked. This map was issued during the Boxer Rebellion which took place in 1899-1901. The Boxers, unhappy at Western influence in China and Christian missionary activity descended on Peking and laid siege to the Legation Quarter in Peking during June to August 1900 threatening to slaughter all within. A combined European expeditionary force numbering 20,000 soldiers was sent to China to relieve the siege and it is for this ‘War in China’ that the Daily Mail’s map was issued.. Map and covers in Near Fine condition. [M2994] £425
Harbour Hong Kong: K.M. & Co., not dated [circa 1910] Panorama view, colour tinted, 74cm x 14cm, which folds into a small envelope for postal mailing. A view across the river towards Shamian Island and the city with the Catholic Cathedral of the Sacred Heart at the centre. KM & Co produced two similar format panoramas of Hong Kong harbour in the 1910’s, but this one of Canton is certainly rarer, and we have not previously encountered this. Short tear without loss to the flap on the envelope, otherwise Near Fine condition. [C2468] £240
44. D’AUXION DE RUFFÉ, R. – Is China Mad? Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1928 First English language edition. Small quarto, pp xiv, 358, (2), v. Twelve photographic plates. Translated from the original French by R.T. Peyton-Griffin. In original half maroon cloth over grey paper boards. Complete with the scarce original brown paper dust jacket which has a photograph pasted to the front (the same photograph - Mob Rule Shanghai 1927 faces p226). Detailed contemporary account of the chaotic and dysfunctional state of China in the mid 1920’s, an era of war-lords, bandits
and competing governments, leading up to the overthrow of the central government in 1928 and the establishment of Chiang KaiShek’s national rule in Nanjing, an event which marked the beginning of the Chinese civil war. The dedication in this book sums up the author’s view of the situation when he was writing in 1928: “ to the humble people of China, the victims of their own apathy; and in contempt of ‘Chinese Generals’, hypocrites and double-crossers”. The book is in Fine condition, other than a vertical crease to the ffep. Jacket is in VG condition, worn at edges and chipped at spine ends. Scarce in the dust jacket. [B2511] £680
of photographic plates with tissue guards. Bound in the original silk boards, string binding, title printed on label pasted to front; and housed in a card slipcase which has the title printed to front board and spine. Title page and all captions are in English only, colophon in Japanese. Fine quality photographic record of the Japanese attack on Shanghai in January 1932, a response to the beating of 18 Japanese nationals who were Buddhist monks based in Shanghai by an angry Chinese mob. This assault was the precursor to the Japanese attack on Shanghai and occupation in 1937. Fine condition, a lovely copy. Scarce, only one copy on COPAC (Imperial War Museum, London), three copies on Worldcat. [B2993] £500
46. WONG, Nellie C. - Chinese Dishes for
Foreign Homes, a revised and enlarged edition of the popular “Chinese Recipes”
45. TANAKA, Ryozo – The ‘Sino-Japanese
Disturbances’ Souvenir Album Tokyo: Shomi-do, Showa 7, 1932 First edition. Oblong quarto, 26.5cm x 19cm. Pictorial title page + two maps and 48 pages
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1933 Revised Edition, Second Impression. Small octavo, pp xii; 87; [6] +10 photographic plates. Orange paper covered boards, Chinese style string binding (string has been replaced), embellished with a bookmark of two old Chinese coins. A book of Chinese recipes in English for foreign residents living in China by the owner of the renowned Nellie Wong Tea Shop in Peking. In very good condition, bright
and sharp, lower corner of both boards bashed, some scattered foxing, overall in Very Good condition. A lovely production. [B2656] £280
evaluation and an important work to understand the grass roots and early years that led to the revolution of 1949. Book has damp staining to boards and top edge, slight musty smell; jacket is missing a large piece of the spine. Other than these faults, the book is square, sharp and the jacket bright with no fading to the red on the spine. Overall Good+ condition. Scarce in the jacket. [B2198] £225
47. SMEDLEY, Agnes - China’s Red Army
Marches New York, The Vanguard Press, 1934 First edition. Octavo, xxi + 311 pp. Grey cloth covered boards with red lettering and design to spine. In original dust jacket, un-clipped ($2.50). Small folding map of China facing p16. Top edge stained red. Small bookseller’s label from French Bookstore, Peking to rear pastedown and stamps of previous owner, Capt. F.L. Hill, British Embassy, Peking to front and rear endpapers. Smedley was a US journalist and writer, based in China for many years. An early work describing the communist movement, Mao Tse Tung’s involvement, and campaigns in the period 1928-1931, the years before the Long March of 1934-1936. A largely sympathetic
48. DORN, Frank - A Map and History of
Peiping Tientsin-Peiping: The Peiyang Press Limited, 1936 First Edition, first state, with the Nazi swastika flag flying in the Legation Quarter on the map. Map is folded and extends to 865mm x 755mm. Complete with the original folder and explanatory booklet. Uncommon and highly desirable pictorial map of Peking by long time American resident Frank Dorn. Map is clean
49. [SAPAJOU] SAPOJNIKOFF, Georgii
Avksentievich & Peyton-Griffin R. – Shanghai’s Schemozzle Shanghai: North-China Daily News, 1937. First edition. Quarto, pp70. Cream coloured soft card wraps, string bound. Titled in dark brown to the upper cover together with a cartoon drawing. Sapojnikoff, who used the pen name Sapajou, was a Russian exile who arrived in Shanghai n the early 1920’s and from 1925 worked for the North-China Daily News as a cartoonist. Peyton-Griffin wrote a column “In Parenthesis” in the same publication. Shanghai’s Schmozzle reproduces cartoons and writings from the newspaper, giving a fascinating and humorous look at Shanghai during the 1930’s, in particular at the time of the Japanese bombing and occupation of the city. Clean internally, a previous owner’s name in ink to the top corner of upper cover, covers have a few edge and complete, some minor, inevitable, separation at cross-folds. Booklet has long tear on rear, yellow cloth tape to strengthen spine. [M1318] £2600
tears (less than 5mm) and a handful of small brown spots to top of front cover. Overall Very Good+ condition. As with all Sapajou’s publications, this is highly collectible. [B2011] £1150
50. THORBECKE, Ellen & SCHIFF, Friedrich
- Mysterious China The Hague, Netherlands: H.D. Leopolds, 1937 First edition. Large octavo, pp 56. Illustrated photograph book with sketches by Frederic Schiff. Bilingual Dutch and English text by Ellen Thorbecke. Card covers illustrated by Schiff. Issued by the Java-China-Japan Line, with a map of their routes on the inside front cover. An attractive look at China and another successful collaboration among Schiff and Thorbecke. Near fine condition. [B1871] £280
51. THORBECKE, Ellen & SCHIFF (illustrator)
- Shanghai Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald, [1938] First edition. Small quarto, pp 81. Illustrated paper covered hard boards; with original dust jacket which has same illustration. Book about Shanghai, mainly targeted at tourists and visitors, with text and photographs by Ellen Thorbecke and embellished with drawings by Friedrich Schiff. Book is in Very Good condition, some traces of blue pencil markings to map on p15-16, dust jacket is Good only with wear on spine and edges. An increasingly difficult to find book. [B2659] £650
52. PEKING CHRONICLE PRESS - Guide to
Peking Peking: The Peking Chronicle Press, 1938. First edition. Soft covers, illustrated with photographs throughout. 16 pages of advertisements at front, iv, 4 pages of photos, 130 pages plus 22 pages of advertisements at rear. 13cm x 18.5cm. Folding map.
Uncommon pre-war visitors guide to Peking. In VG+ condition. [B0159] £320
Western cooks living in China to cook using locally available ingredients and to have the recipes in Chinese for the benefit of their local household staff. Very good condition, a little damage to head of spine and a small stain at the top of the upper board; clean and unmarked internally. Scarce. [B3000] £150
53. INGRAM, Mrs. James H and FELT, Mrs.
Carl A. - Guild Cook Book sponsored by the Women’s Guild of the Peking Union Church Peking Union Press, 1939 Revised and expanded edition. Large octavo, [v], 117 pp with pp 1-77 duplicated in Chinese to facing page. Green cloth covered hard boards with black lettering and Chinese characters to upper board. Cook book with recipes in English and Chinese on facing pages. At the end a section in English on quantity cooking, balanced menus, stains and their removal, etc. The book was originally published by Cora E. Lewis in 1902 and this 1939 edition is revised and expanded from the original. The book was intended to assist
54. PEIPING – Typed description of a Visit
to the City, not dated [1930’s] Oblong octavo, 21.5cm x 16cm, pp 9 + 9 pages tipped in photographs. Ribbon bound soft covers. A description of a visit to Peking typed in purple ink across nine pages, interspersed with nine pages having tipped in black and white photographs, postcard format, each being 13.5cm x 8.5cm. The first photograph shows the author and their travelling companions in rickshaws by the city walls. The others include places visited such as the
Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven and Jade Curios emporium. A charming personal record of a visit to Peking in the 1930’s. [B0220] £425
55. BEATON, Cecil - Chinese Album London: B.T. Batsford Limited, 1945-46 First edition. Small quarto, pp frontispiece photo; [6]; 78 pages of gravure printed photographs with captions. Yellow cloth covered hard boards with blue lettering and blue ying-yang device to upper board. In the original distinctive pink dust jacket. Beaton was sent to China in late 1945 by the Ministry of Information, London to record the situation
in the country in the immediate aftermath of war hostilities. This book was the result of his visit. A graceful and sensitive album of photographs, from many rural areas as well as Kunming, Chengtu, Chungking and the Yangtse river. Near Fine book, spotting to edges, clean internally, in a heavily priceclipped but otherwise Near Fine jacket which has a little wear at top of the spine. [B2871] £250
gazetteer in English and Chinese with both the old and new street names, which is a most interesting and useful addition. The map also marks and identifies all the river wharfs, factories and godowns along the Whangpoo River. Title box at top of the map states: General Agents Kelly & Walsh Ltd, Shanghai. Map is in Near Fine condition, a few remains of previous owner markings in colour pencil. Covers just a little marked and with few small edge tears. An uncommon map, interesting content, issued in the brief window between the end of WW2 and the Chinese Revolution. [M2950] £500
57. [FRIEDRICH SCHIFF] ARCE, Dr. Jose –
De Buenos Aires a Shanghai Buenos Aires: Guillermo Kraft, 1948. First and limited edition, #1007 of 2100 copies. Small quarto, pp166. Illustrated throughout by 56. FOREIGN TRAVELLER’S GUIDE - Map
of Shanghai, New 1947 Edition Shanghai: Oriental Publishing House, 1947 Colour printed street plan of Shanghai, 73cm x 53.5cm, with five vertical and two horizontal folds. Housed in orange thin card covers, with black lettering and silhouette of the Chinese Maritime Customs and HSBC Buildings on the Bund to the front cover. 13.5cm x 20cm when folded. Streets marked on the map in English, with a street directory at the bottom right corner. On the verso of the map is a street
Friedrich Schiff. Soft wraps with an illustration by Schiff on the front cover. Presentation copy SIGNED by Jose Arce to the title page. Text in Spanish. The first half of the book covers the author’s journey from Argentina to China,
made in 1945 immediately after the end of the War; and the second half covers Arce’s journeys in China including to Chungking, Nanking and Shanghai. Illustrations by Schiff throughout the book, most in the margins, several close to full page. A rare work illustrated by Schiff and one of his last publications. Near fine condition. [B2118] £480
58. PA Chin [Ba Jin] - Living Amongst
Heroes 生活在英雄们 生活在英雄们中间 Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1954. First English language edition. Small volume, pp122. Soft covers. Originally published in Chinese in 1953, this book is based on the author’s experiences visiting North Korea in 1952 during the Korean War. A piece of proNorth Korean, anti-US wartime propaganda. Ba Jin was the pen-name of Li Yaotang (19042005), one of the most widely read Chinese writers of the 20th century. Very good condition. Uncommon. [B2358] £60
59. NOTES ON THE CHINESE ARMY London: The War Office, 1955 First edition. Octavo, pp66. Soft wraps with a green bamboo design front and rear. Illustrated with photographs. Folding map of China at rear. Prepared under the direction of the Chief of Imperial General Staff, this is a confidential internal document for the post Korean War period. Covers organization structure, tactics for offense and defense, equipment and uniforms, etc. Near fine condition with occasional gentle spotting. Very scarce – no copies listed on COPAC or Worldcat. [B2134] £200
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and edges rubbed, internally clean, overall Very Good condition. Very scarce, Worldcat and COPAC list only the same two copies (BL & Nat. Lib of Scotland) [B2524] £425
61. MERCER, William H. & COLLINS, A.E. -
60. WHYTE, Peter – Notes on a Trip to the
Far East [A Visit to Singapore and India] Leith: Observer Office, 1906 First edition. Octavo, pp78 + 18 pages with silver gelatin photos pasted in. Full brown calf binding with gilt lettering and line to upper board. The book is based on a series of letters written by Peter Whyte during his trip to India, Burma and Malaya to his brother in Scotland. They were originally published in the Leith Observer and then published in book form. The photographs are 70mm x 52mm; all are sharp and of professional quality. Whyte’s first port in the Far East was Singapore which he describes as: “surely the most cosmopolitan city in the world, people of all nations being found here”. He travelled onto Rangoon, Mandalay and Calcutta. A charming account of a trip to the Far East in 1905 to 1906. Spine
The Colonial Office List for 1919: comprising historical and statistical information respecting the Colonial Dependencies of Great Britain, an account of the services of the officers in the Colonial Service, a Transcript of the Colonial Regulations and other Information, with Maps. London: Waterlow and Sons, 1919 First edition, being the fifty-eighth annual publication of this directory. Octavo, pp [26] lxiv, 782. Red cloth covered hard boards with gilt lettering and crown decoration to spine and upper board. A later non-publisher’s stamp in gilt of ‘Librarian’ to the spine. Thirtytwo colour lithographic maps, many folding, including of the World, Hong Kong, New Zealand and South Africa. First published in 1861, this annual directory provided a wealth of information on Britain’s far-flung Empire. Clean internally, boards a little rubbed, overall in Very Good condition. [B1572] £500
62. BEAUTIFUL PHILIPPINES - A Handbook
of General Information Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1923. First edition. Pp239. Soft covers with illustration to the front. Three large folding maps, of the Philippine islands, trade routes to the Philippines and a plan of the City of Manila on a scale of 1:11,000 by John Bach. Illustrated with photographs. A semi-official publication providing information useful to visitors to the country, especially for commercial, business and official visitors, including history, geography, beauty spots, places to visit, structure of government, trade, etc. Covers a bit rubbed, internally clean and excellent, maps undamaged. Overall VG condition. A scarce early guide to the Philippines from the era of US rule. [B2060] ÂŁ275
Africa, Asia and Australia. The game was a promotional item, possibly gifted to children on board to while away the hours on long sea passages. Box a bit rubbed and split at one corner, overall in Very Good condition. A most attractive item, complete with all parts. Quite scarce. [B2144] £700
63. [BOARD GAME] TO THE NEAR AND
FAR EAST BY P&O & B·I - THE EASTERN HIGHWAY Harborne, England: Manufactured by The Chad Valley Co., Ltd Original boxed board game. Box dimensions 42cm x 32cm x 3cm. Board size 54cm x 39cm. Complete with five steamship player pieces, small bone die and a wooden shaker. Instructions for the game pasted to the inside of the box lid. The box is adorned with the print from a painting by J. Spurling, dated 1927, of ships including the B·I owned Talamba and an unidentified P&O ship. Jack Spurling (1871-1933) was an accomplished maritime artist and painted many ships from the P&O fleet. The game board shows a map of the Eastern Hemisphere with the shipping lines’ routes from Europe via Suez to East
64. CANADIAN PACIFIC - To and From the
Orient via Canadian Pacific Printed in Great Britain, 1936 Quarto, 20cm x 28cm. pp 36, with photographs throughout. Route map at centre. Card covers, staple bound, beautifully designed front and back with images also used by Canadian Pacific for advertising posters. Canadian Pacific was one of the major carriers of visitors and tourists from North America to the Far East on what the company called the White Empress Route. It also brought European visitors by ship across the Atlantic and then across Canada on the company’s railroad. This lavish brochure, printed in the
UK for the local market promoted the whole journey across the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Coast and onto Japan, Korea, Manchuria, China, Hong Kong and the Philippines. A beautiful record in just about Fine condition. [B2833] £225
designed for Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels in the early 1930’s. Near fine condition. Scarce. [B2255] £150
66. MÖDLHAMMER, Frans Ludwig -
Moscow’s Hand in the Far East Tokyo: Nippon Dempo Tsushinsha, 1939 First English language edition, translated from the original German. Octavo, pp xiv; 202. Publisher’s soft wraps with a dramatic and stylized design to the front cover of a map of East Asia with the Russian sickle facing the Japanese rising sun across Manchuria. Illustrated with photographs. Foreword by Joachim von Ribbentrop. First published in Germany in 1937. An account of Russian activities in the Far East, regarded as hostile by both the Germans and the Japanese. The book demonstrates the deeply held concern about Russian power and operations, but cannot be regarded as in any way objective – the first photograph is of Stalin and is
65. SWEENEY, Dan (illustrator) – Shopping
Around the World Tokyo: Nippon Yusen Kaisha, 1938 First edition. Thirty two pages, 15cm x 23cm. Soft covers. Front cover illustration by Sweeney, who has also contributed 15 full page colour illustrations within. A small guide issued by Japanese shipping line, NYK, for the use of their passengers visiting ports around the world, including Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Colombo and London. Sweeney was an American commercial artist best known for the series of luggage labels he
captioned “He spreads his poison from the Kremlin”. Bottom 1cm of spine chipped, two small number stickers to lower spine, overall in Very Good condition. Scarce and interesting book. [B2165] £200
67. HERIOT, Guy - Changi Interlude,
Leaves from the Diary of a Third Class Internee Lewes: W.E. Baxter Limited [1946] First (and only) edition. Small octavo, pp 120 + 2 plates (a sketch map of Changi facing p24 & a photograph of the author facing p65). Blue cloth covered hard boards with title and decoration to the upper board. The book is based on the author’s diaries kept while interned in Changi POW camp from 1942 to 1945 together with poems he wrote during that time. An excellent insight into the hardships he and his fellow prisoners endured written within a year of release when memories were fresh. In VG- condition, spine faded, a chip to the corner of p33 affecting margin only, small hole in margin of p87-88.
Attractive copy of a scarce book about Changi. [B2897] £125
68. DIRECTORY OF TAIWAN, 1951 Taipeh, Taiwan: China News & Publication Service, 1951. First edition. Octavo, pp104 + 7 pages advertisements at rear. Card wraps. 14cm x 21.5cm. A brief directory of the island of Taiwan which claims in the introduction to be the first such directory. Packed with information about government, economics, life, customs, festivals, train timetables, etc. In very good overall condition, clean and unmarked internally. There is a previous owner's name on a strip of white cloth tape
adhered to the front cover (Col. J.B. Daugherty). Joseph Blair Daugherty (19031981) was a US Army officer stationed in China during WW2 and was an advisor to Chiang Kai Shek in Taiwan in the early 1950's. This Directory is rather scarce - we can find no copies on Worldcat or COPAC. [X237] £180
POSTERS 69. MEDICAL OFFICE – CHEMISTS AND
DRUGGISTS, SINGAPORE Artist: Hang Zhi Ying 杭穉英 Original vintage poster for Medical Office, manufacturer and distributor of medicines based at 300 North Bridge Road, Singapore. Printed by Lee Printing Co., circa 1930. Hang Zhiying (1900-1947) was one of the foremost artists producing work for the Chinese calendar girl genre of posters in the 1920’s and 1930’s. This style of poster originated in Shanghai but became popular among Chinese communities throughout the Far East. 39cm x 54cm. Linenbacked. Condition: A-, near fine. Some restored edge tears on left side and bottom. Presents well. Uncommon poster. [G2377] £800
70. LLOYD TRIESTINO - INDIA - FAR EAST
EXPRESS Artist: Renato Cenni Original vintage poster promoting travel to the Far East for Italian shipping line, LloydTriestino. Cenni has used a very strong image of a Vietnamese or Malay boatman on a vibrant yellow background. He has made no allowance for the sea and sky, both are the same vibrant yellow and with one of the company’s ships on the horizon there is a feel of great distance and timelessness. Printed in
Italy. 62.5cm x 94.5cm. Linenbacked., Original foldlines, one vertical and one horizontal. Condition: A-, edge tears restored (no loss), colours bright and poster presents well. Uncommon. [T2427] £2000
71. HONG KONG - PAN AMERICAN,
WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE Artist: Aaron Amspoker
72. SINGAPORE - PAN AMERICAN,
WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE Artist: Aaron Amspoker
Original vintage poster, published in 1955. Printed in the USA. Silk screen printing, 56cm x 89cm. One of a series of posters produced by Amspoker for Pan Am in the mid 1950’s, other destinations he created poster for included Singapore, Australia, Japan, Rangoon, London and Manila. Linenbacked. Condition: A, Excellent (one 0.5cm edge tear top right). Rare poster. [T2231] £1,500
Original vintage poster, published in 1955. Printed in the USA. Silk screen printing, 56cm x 88.5cm. One of a series of posters produced by Amspoker for Pan Am in the mid 1950’s, with an image of a local pedal-rickshaw man cycling at night past traditional shop signs. Linenbacked. Condition: A, Excellent. Rare poster. [T2232] £1,250
73. BANGKOK…fly there CATHAY PACIFIC
AIRWAYS
74. SINGAPORE…fly there CATHAY PACIFIC
AIRWAYS
Original vintage poster published circa 1962. Unknown artist. The stylised design uses a Thai dancer with temples behind, a classic image of the city. Bangkok was one of Cathay’s original destinations. 61cm x 96cm. Linenbacked. Condition: A/A-, very fine, with minor edge tears (>1cm) at top of right side. Extremely scarce poster. [T2433] £3,500
Original vintage poster published circa 1962. Unknown artist. The stylised design uses an image of a local pedal-rickshaw man with boats and buildings behind, evocative of the city in the early 1960’s. Singapore was one of Cathay’s original destinations. 61cm x 96cm. Linenbacked. Condition: A-, near fine, with some edge wear on left and right sides. Presents well. Very scarce poster. [T2433] £3,000
75. THE ORIENT IS HONG KONG
Artist: Dong Kingman
76. THE ORIENT IS HONG KONG
Original vintage poster published in 1961. Artwork by Chinese-American artist Dong Kingman (1911-2000). A scene looking from Kowloon towards Hong Kong painted in Kingman’s very distinctive style of watercolouring developed through his training in both traditional Chinese and western painting. Linenbacked. 58cm x 88.5cm. Condition: A-, near fine. Restored border creating on right side. Presents beautifully. Uncommon. [T1776] £1,800
Original vintage poster issued circa 1970. Photographer unknown. Horizontal format poster issued by the Hong Kong Tourist Association. Up until the 1970’s, fleets of traditional Chinese sailing junks were a common sight in Hong Kong waters and were widely used as a marketing tool to bring tourists, especially Westerners, to Hong Kong. 88.5cm x 58.5cm. Linenbacked. Condition Grade: A, Excellent. [PTL-KT100] £700
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