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‎Hong Kong - Présences Françaises - Du XIXe Siècle à nos jours - Hong Kong - French Connections from the Nineteen Century to the Present Day.‎

‎Hong Kong, Bonham Media Limited, 2012. 1 gros volume in-folio, 288 pp., couverture rigide cartonnée. Ouvrage richement illustré de documents photographiques en noir et blanc et en couleurs, état neuf. Edition in french or in english. Livre très lourd, frais de port supplémentaires à prévoir. Very heavy book, needs extra-postage.‎

‎150 ans de Présence(s) Française(s) à Hong Kong, un vaste panorama historique, culturel, économique et social brossé par une équipe de chercheurs, historiens, économistes sous la direction éditoriale de François Drémeaux. Un ouvrage essentiel pour tout collectionneur, voyageur ou résident français à Hong Kong, en Chine ou en Asie. 1862- 2012 : 150 ANS DE RELATIONS ENTRE LA FRANCE ET HONG KONG." En 1862 était nommé le premier Consul de France à Hong Kong. 150 ans plus tard, Hong Kong compte plus de 15 000 Français, 700 entreprises françaises et accueille l'un des plus grands festivals culturels français d'Asie. HONG KONG. Ancien fleuron de l'Empire Colonial Britannique devenu le cur de la finance asiatique et une dynamique région administrative chinoise, cette ville-monde défie les sens et suscite l'admiration depuis qu'elle a pris son élan au 19e siècle. PRESENCES FRANCAISES. Anonymes ou illustres, de nombreux Français ont arpenté cette cité, y laissant empreintes et souvenirs. Récits de diplomates et chroniques de missionnaires, aventures de négociants et ouvrages dartistes, autant de souvenirs captivants. Leurs histoires dessinent un portrait impressionniste d'une cité toujours en mouvement. Ce sont de modestes instantanés d'existences, des témoignages précieux. A travers le prisme original d'une communauté, ces présences françaises proposent un voyage dans le temps, à la découverte d'une ville fascinante "‎

‎A Hong Kong Sketch Book‎

‎Hong Kong, Ye Olde Printerie Limited, 1931. 1 large volume in-4, 21 pp., rebound in modern leather, endpapers with double maps (Aerial View of Hong Kong and the New Territories), illustrated with a coloured Frontispice (Dragon Boat Festival in Aberdeen) and 13 full page drawings and 29 small drawings in the text, a very good copy. ‎

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‎A rare copy of this charming Sketch Book on Hong Kong. "This book is not a Guide to Hong Kong in the accepted sense of the term. It gives no more than a few glimpses of Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories but I have endeavored to make the glimpses as illuminating and representative as possible." (Extract from the Preface by Sweet). Contents cover: Hong Kong from the Clouds - Roads and Rickshaws - Bathing and Beaches - Over the Hills - In the Old City - A Heath Robinson Hut - Junks and Sampans - Typhoons and Umbrellas - In the New City. ‎

‎The Hong Kong Gift Book‎

‎Published by the Authors, Hong Kong, 1954, first edition. Photogravure by Jarrold & Sons Ltd , Norwich, England - Colour Printing and Binding by Chung Hwa Book Co., Hong Kong. 1 volume in folio, 52 pp., with thirty-nine photographs in photogravure and twelve colour Plates, with an indexed commentary of photographs, rebound in full leather, without the four large colour prints of Hong Kong in 1846, a very good copy.‎

‎By John and Veronica Sterickers, long time Hong Kong residents and authors of the famous Hong Kong in Picture and Story (1953). Un témoignage photographique sur Hong Kong des années 50, empreint de nostalgie, maintenant que cette ville s'est métamorphosée en une mégalopole moderne et sans âme.‎

‎Le Journal de Hong Kong - Bulletin des Etudiants et Amis de l'Alliance française de Hong Kong - 1972‎

‎Hong Kong, imprimé par The Green Pagoda Press, 1972. 1 volume in-4, cartonnage vert, environ 48 pages, très bon état. Enrichi de photographies et d'annonces publicitaires de cette époque.‎

‎Ensemble de 6 numéros du Journal de Hong Kong, publié par l'Alliance Française de Hong Kong, du Numéro 1 (Troisième Année) de Janvier 1972 au Numéro 6 de Juin 1972. Rare publication de l'Alliance Française de Hong Kong voici un demi-siècle.‎

‎Le Journal de Hong Kong - Bulletin des Etudiants et Amis de l'Alliance française de Hong Kong - 1970-1972‎

‎Hong Kong, imprimé par The Green Pagoda Press, 197o-1972. 1 volume in-4, cartonnage vert, environ 160 pages, très bon état. Enrichi de photographies et d'annonces publicitaires de cette époque.‎

‎Ensemble des 18 premiers numéros du Journal de Hong Kong, publié par l'Alliance Française de Hong Kong, du Numéro 1 (Première Année) de Décembre 1970 au Numéro 6 de Juin 1972. Rare publication de l'Alliance Française de Hong Kong voici un demi-siècle.‎

‎Hong Kong ‎

‎Published in France ( 1951?), supplément au No37 de La Revue Française". A magazine of 16 pages of reports and photographs on Hong Kong , many pages of advertisements. Articles in french. Hong Kong aujourd'hui par Robert Douteau. Hong Kong, colonie britannique par Claude Fournier, La Hong-Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Pilier de l'Empire Britannique.‎

‎Modern Metropolis - Material Culture of Shanghai and Hong Kong‎

‎Hong Kong, Sunshine Press Limited, jointly presented by the Shanghai Administration of Culture Heritage and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong, produced on the occasion of :modern Metropolis: Material Culture of Shanghai and Hong KOng" exhibition held from 29 april to 17th august 2009. 1 volume in-quarto, soft illustrated covers, 176 pp., richly illtrated in color, a very good copy, as new.‎

‎Exhibition organised by the Hong Kong Museum of History and the Shaghai History Museum. A large collection of artifacts, visual documents, posters, photographs and objects of all kind.‎

‎A Hong Kong Sketch Book‎

‎Hong Kong, Ye Olde Printerie Limited, 1931. 1 large volume in-4, 21 pp., rebound in modern leather, endpapers with double maps (Aerial View of Hong Kong and the New Territories), illustrated with a coloured Frontispice (Dragon Boat Festival in Aberdeen) and 13 full page drawings and 29 small drawings in the text, a very good copy. ‎

‎A rare copy of this charming Sketch Book on Hong Kong. "This book is not a Guide to Hong Kong in the accepted sense of the term. It gives no more than a few glimpses of Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories but I have endeavored to make the glimpses as illuminating and representative as possible." (Extract from the Preface by Sweet). Contents cover: Hong Kong from the Clouds - Roads and Rickshaws - Bathing and Beaches - Over the Hills - In the Old City - A Heath Robinson Hut - Junks and Sampans - Typhoons and Umbrellas - In the New City. ‎

‎Hong Kong Who's Who - An Almanac of Personalities and their comprehensive histories - 1970-1973‎

‎Hong Kong, Rola Luzzatto and Joseph Walker Editors & Publishers, 1973 (2nd edition). 1 volume 8 vo, 580 pp., hard covers, a very good copy.‎

‎Who's Who of Hong Kong introduces to the world Hong Kong best foot forward - a conglomeration of personalities who have either prominent in public life or who have underlined their relationship to Hong Kong in some striking manner. This new, completely revised edition possesses a uniqueness all its own. This new, completely revised edition has been such a drain on time - nearly five years. The publishers deemed it necessary, despite the painstaking efforts, to compile a comprehensive Who's Who which involved considerable expansion of the individual's part history in intensified observation; trimming the superfluous and creating effective simplicity ever present in Hong Kong's daily existence; and getting away from the overtones and imitative reproductions which has been published in Who's Who of the world in the past." (Foreword).‎

‎Hong Kong - Photographed and Depicted by Ellen Thorbecke, with Sketches by Schiff.‎

‎Kelly & Walsh, Hong Kong - Shanghai -Singapore, no date [1940]. 1 square book (18*23 cm), blue illustrated paper boards, 69 pp., 15 color sketches by Schiff and 25 black & white photographs by the author, 2 maps. A very nice copy.‎

‎Ellen Thorbecke was the wife of the former Netherlands Minister in China. She published books on Hong Kong, Shanghai and Peking. Schiff was a famous cartoonist and illustrator in many newspapers and magazines in Shanghai. Schiff was a famous cartoonist and illustrator in many newspapers and magazines. A very charming and rare book on Hong Kong.‎

‎Royal Hong Kong Police Historical Photographs‎

‎Hong Kong, Royal Hong Kong Police Museum, no date (ca 1980). 1 set of 10 postcards under iluustrated slipcase, being photographic reproductions in black and white of original pictures exhibited in the Hong Kong Royal Police Museum.‎

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‎Those postcards are modern reproductions, not original photographs.‎

‎The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China II.‎

‎1985 2 vols. 681 p., num. figs & pls, 7 maps, paperbound.Numerous contributions: Hong Kong Cephalaspidea / Hong Kong Vermetids / Hong Kong Potamididae / Hong Kong Caecidae / Hong Kong Ascoglossa / Hong Kong Mytilidae / Hong Kong Donax / Suspension feeding Gastropods / Vertical distribution mangrove Gastropods / Distribution of the Family Littorinidae / Ecology of Pinna / Mollusc predation by Luidia sp. etc.‎

‎The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China II.‎

‎1985 2 vols. 681 p., num. figs & pls, 7 maps, paperbound. Library stamps (Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam).Numerous contributions: Hong Kong Cephalaspidea / Hong Kong Vermetids / Hong Kong Potamididae / Hong Kong Caecidae / Hong Kong Ascoglossa / Hong Kong Mytilidae / Hong Kong Donax / Suspension feeding Gastropods / Vertical distribution mangrove Gastropods / Distribution of the Family Littorinidae / Ecology of Pinna / Mollusc predation by Luidia sp. etc.‎

‎Historical Pictures - Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art‎

‎Hong Kong Museum of Art, Published by the Urban Council, second edition, revised, 1994. 1 large volume, soft illustrated covers, 922 pp., with color illustrations of paintings by Havell, Borget, Collins, Captain Johnson, Chinnery on Hong Kong and Macau, a very good copy.‎

‎A nice album containing photographic reproductions of paintings on Hong Kong and Macao.‎

‎Hong Kong Reintegrating With China: Political, Cultural and Social Dimensions‎

‎Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 2001. 1 volume, paperback, in-8, xv+268 pp., 4 figures, 4 tables, very good copy.‎

‎Contents: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - About the Contributors - Introduction - I. Hong Kong Politics before and after 1997 - II. Social and Economic Interactions between Hong Kong and China - III. The Making of Hong Kong Identity - Chinese Glossary - Bibliography - Index.‎

‎Affiche émise par le Département du Commerce et d'Industrie d'Hong Kong - Poster issued by the Department of Commerce and Industry of Hong Kong‎

‎No place, no date, around 1930, 1 large poster, linen-backed, size 55*80 cm, in very good condition, depicting Hong Kong as the Center of the World's largest Potential Market, rare and colorful.‎

‎Early Hong Kong Brothels‎

‎Hong Kong, University Museum and Art Gallery, 2003. 1 volume in-4, 141 pp., broché, couvertures souples illustrées, innombrables illustrations hors-texte et à pleine page, état de neuf. Soft covers, a very good copy.‎

‎Passionnant ouvrage sur les maisons de prostitution à Hong Kong, leur histoire, leurs lieux, leurs stars et leurs clients, du 19e siècle jusqu'en 1960. Préface et Introduction en chinois et en anglais. Les reproductions photographiques sont également légendées dans les 2 langues.‎

‎Early Prostitution in Hong Kong‎

‎Hong Kong, University Museum and Art Gallery, 2005. 1 volume in-4, 141 pp., reliure cartonnée illustrée, innombrables illustrations hors-texte et à pleine page, état de neuf. Hard boards copy, as new‎

‎Passionnant ouvrage sur l'histoire de la prostitution à Hong Kong du 19e siècle à 1960. Préface et Introduction en chinois et en anglais. Les reproductions photographiques sont également légendées dans les 2 langues.‎

‎Hong Kong Streets and Places - The official Guide - Hong Kong Island, Lantau& the Outlying Islands (Volume 1) - Kowloon & The New Territories (Volume 2).‎

‎Hong Kong, Prepared and Published by the Survey Division, Lands Department, Printed by The Government Printer, 1982 (4th edition). 2 volumes, in-12 and in-8, 197 pp. & 237 pp., with numerous color maps, in very good condition.‎

‎Supplément No.4 to the Hong Kong Government Gazette, Published by Authority‎

‎Hong Kong, Commerce and Industry Department, Printed and Published by S. Young, Government Printer at the Government Press, Java Road, 23 February 1962 to 24 January 1963. 1 volume 8vo, 314 pp. + 35 pp., hard covers, cloth binding by Yee Lee Company Bookbinders, a very good copy. Many more years for sale at the same price‎

‎This volume contains 12 issues of the Hong Kong Government Gazette from February 1962 to January 1963. Contents cover statistics on different topics, infectious diseases, traffic accidents, vegetable., fish, electricity production and distribution, vehicular traffic statistics, numbers of Arrivals and Departures of Persons, Commercial Cargo Tonnages, Arrivals and Departures of Aircraft, commerce, trade, imports, exports, agriculture, shipping, meteorology, etc. For statistics and numbers lovers only!‎

‎HONG-KONG / L'arrivée à Hong Kong, Informations générales à l'attention des voyageurs, Se déplacer à Hong Kong, La cuisine à Hong Kong, Le shopping, Arts et spectacles, La vie nocturne...‎

‎GUIDES OLIZANE. 1989. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 205 pages - Nombreuses photographies et illustrations en couleurs et noir et blanc dans et hors texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 951-Chine‎

‎Table : L'arrivée à Hong Kong, Informations générales à l'attention des voyageurs, Se déplacer à Hong Kong, La cuisine à Hong Kong, Le shopping, Arts et spectacles, La vie nocturne... Classification Dewey : 951-Chine‎

‎The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China.‎

‎1980 vi, 345 p., num. figs & pls, paperbound.Proceedings of the First International Workshop, 23 March-8 April 1977, Hong Kong. Contains numerous contributions: Chitons from Hong Kong / Comparative Study Corbiculidae of Southern China / Limpts of Hong Kong / Neritidae of Hong Kong / Annotated checklist non-marine Molluscs of Hong Kong / Checklist Hong Kong Nudibranchs etc.‎

‎Europe in China - The History of Hong Kong from the beginning to the Year 1882. ‎

‎London, Luzac & Company, 1895. Reprinted by Cheng Wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1968. 1 volume in 12, 575pp + XIII., green cloth in good condition.‎

‎This volume can be divided into three parts. Initially, Eitel traces the history of Sino-British relations under the domination of the East India Company from 1625 to 1834. The second portion traces the course of British public opinion and government policy toward China following the failure of Lord Napiers mission to Canton in 1834. During this period public sentiment grew for the establishment of a British colony in China. The final portion deals with the pre-British history of Hong Kong, the cession of Hong Kong to British in 1841, and the administrative history of the colony. The administrative history is a term by term account of the affairs of Hong Kong under each governor that served there between 1841 and 1882. This volume contains considerable data on the politics, finances, social problems, trade and commerce of Hong Kong.‎

‎Gardening for Hong Kong‎

‎Hong Kong, Ye Olde Printerie Ltd, 1964 (fourth edition). 1 small volume 8-vo, 91pp-iv, green cloth cover, fine copy of this scarce book.‎

‎First published in 1906, "these notes are not intended to be exhaustive in any way, but only of sufficient value to give amateurs an elementary knowledge of gardening in the Colony"(introduction). Everything you want to know on tropical plants and exotic flowers.‎

‎The Hong Kong Album - A selection of the museum's historical photographs‎

‎Hong Kong, published by the Urban Council, 1983. 1 volume in-4, soft illustrated covers with 100 pages of photographic illustrations in black and white, with captions in english and chinese, a very good copy.‎