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Phone number : 852 95539385Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1959. 1volume in-8, broché, couvertures cartonnées, 314 pp., enrichi de 3 grandes cartes dépliantes, bon état.
Table des Matières: Renseignements généraux: Météorologie - Océnographie - Pays: Chine - Hong Kong - Corée - Navigation - Routes Océaniques. DE la Frontièe du Viet Nam aux abords de Hong Kong - Ile d'Haïnan - Hong Kong - Rivière de Canton - Macao - Canton - Le Si Kiang - De l'est de Hong Kong au delà de Hsia Men (Amoy) - Formose et les Pescadores - Du Nord de Hsia Men à l'estuaire du Fleuve Ou (Baie Wenchow) - DE l'estuaire du Fleuve Ou à l'estuaire du Fleuve Chang (Yang Tse Kiang). - Shanghai - Le Fleuve Chang (Yang Tse Kiang) - Au Nord du Fleuve Chang (Yang Tse Kiang) à l'entrée sud du Golfe de Pé-Tchi-Li - Golfe du Pé-Tchi-Li (po-Hai) et du Liao TUng - Golfe de Yalu - Côte ouest de Corée - Appendices.
HongKong, Imprimerie de la Société des Missions Etrangères, 1893. 1 fort volume in-8, XV-736 pp., reliure demi-basane à coins, dos à nerfs épidermé, plats cartonnés, intérieur propre, papier légèrement jauni, bon état général.
Rare publication des Presses des Missions Etrangères, situées à Hong Kong.
[MISSIONNAIRES du SE'TCH'OUAN MERIDIONAL] [DICTIONNAIRE CHINOIS-FRANCAIS]
Reference : 7288
HongKong, Imprimerie de la Société des Missions Etrangères, 1893. 1 fort volume in-8, XV-736 pp., reliure demi-basane, dos lisse, charnières fragiles, plats toilés, intérieur propre, bon état général.
Rare publication des Presses des Missions Etrangères, situées à Hong Kong.
Hong Kong, no date (1989). 1 large album, hard covers, illustrated dust jacket, 114 pp., with many black and white and color illustrations. A very good copy, as new.
"This history of the first 75 years of the Swatow Lodge No 3705 describes the very difficult times experienced by the brethem resulting from earthquake, typhoon, occupations forces in the 1920s and Japanese bombings. Find out about special dispensation for the occasions when the Swire vessel S.S. Anping docked in Swatow. Discover the connection between Swatow and HMS London's Yangtse Adventure. A complete list of all members with initiation, passing, raising and joining dates is included plus all officers since the 1948 resuscitation.
Hong Kong, no date (1970?). 1 booklet, format oblong (15*21 cm), illustrated covers, 40 pp., attached by rubban, with price list attached.
A Hong Kong dealer furniture catalogue with 240 items (mostly furniture) shown on picture. A scarce memorabilia on Hong Kong traditional furniture business and trade.
London, Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1924. 1 large and thick volume in-4, 528 pp., lavishly illustrated, 18 colour, 246 b. & w. plates, index, bibliography, 2 b. & w. maps, 2 fold-out maps, original green cloth gilt, , a very good copy. First and only edition of 750 copies (No 73).
A superb volume presenting the fabulous collection of Sir C.P. Chater, consisting mostly of oil paintings, water-colours, sketches, prints, most of which are based on landscape scenes of the South China Treaty ports in the 18th and 19th centuries and on British activities in China. The collection was partly destroyed during WWII. The remaining paintings are now in Hong Kong Museum.
Hongkong, Imprimerie de la Société des Missions Etrangères, 1913. 1 volume in-12, 333 pp., reliure demi-toile éditeur, plats cartonnés marbrés, bon état.
Mgr Hubert Otto était Evêque titulaire d'Assura, Vicaire apostolique du Kan Sou septentrional de la Congrégation du Coeur Immaculé de Marie.Chou-King, Livres I à IV.
Hong Kong, Printed by Sin Poh Amalgamated, 1967-1968 (Fifth Edition). 1 large album in-quarto, burgundy hard covers, 444 pp., illustrated with full page pictures of Hong kong and hundreds of portraits of Hongkongers, a very nice copy of this album 5th edition.
This Hongkong Album is a well illustrated Who's Who of Hong Kong. "The present publication is dedicated to all concerned and to all interested to know the people who count in Hongkong and who are in some way or other responsible for present-day Hongkong, to all who in their particular fields of endeavour have, and, are still making valuable contributions towards the prosperity and general welfare of Hongkong as a whole." P.C. Lee.
Zebra Books, Zebra Publishers, 1978. 1 volume, 171 pp., hard covers with dust-jacket, illustrated with 2 pages of photographs, a very good copy, as new.
The host of Hong Kong's popular phone-in radio show tells about life on his side of the microphone. Foreword by Richard Hughes.
Hong Kong, Published by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Printed by The local Printing Press, Ye Olde Printerie, 2002 (limited edition). 1 volume in-folio, hard covers with an illustrated dust-jacket, 276 pp. + [30] pp. (Acknowledgements-Bibliography-Index), with numerous illustrations, some light foxing on end-pages, overall a very good copy. Very heavy book, extra-postage required.
The History of PricewaterhouseCoopers on the China Coast."In addition to covering PwC's history as a firm in what is today a reunified China mainland, Counting House describes that broader evolution, and introduces those who played a role in it. Here is a story of, at times, personal and professional struggle, of internment and malady, inquiry and litigation - compensated for by ultimate triumph." A very scarce copy of this internally distributed document.
Saïgon, Editions de la Société Extrême-Asie, Nos 15-16-17-18 de 1927, Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient. Revue publiée sous le Haut Patronage du Gouvernement Général de l'Indochine. 1 volume in-4, reliure moderne plein cuir, constitué de 3 revues successives, couvertures illustrées conservées, 54 pp.- 60 pp. de publicités indochinoises à pleine page pour chaque volume, richement illustrées de reproductions photographiques, excellent état. Le volume comporte 11 planches des Marchands ambulants et des dris de la rue de Fénis mais il manque dans le numéro 17 la gravure de Madame Carizey.
Rare publication indochinoise couvrant les pays d'Extrême-Orient, enrichie de superbes publicités sur l'Indochine. Sommaire du Numéro 15-16: Alexandre de Rhodes par Louis Cadière - Les marchands ambulants et les cris de la rue à Hanoi par F. de Fénis - Les Cambodgiens de Cochinchine par le Capitaine Barrault - Janou la Tonkinoise (suite et fin) par Jeanne Duclos-Salesses - Charles Munier par René Crayssac - Chronique de l'Extrême-Orient par Alfred Meynard - Hors-Texte: Les Cris de la rue à Hanoi - Illustrations de E. Defert et Ng Nam-Son - Sommaire du No 17: Le Musée National de Bangkok par Georges Coedès - Les Stances de Bhartrihari par Marcel Willard et et Marcelle Lalou - La tragique aventure de Jean Salel par Paul Munier - Le Groupe d'Angkor (1907-1926) par Henri Marchal - Chronique de l'Extrême-Orient par Alfred Meynard, G. Seiler et Pierre Gourou - Hors-Texte: Gravure de pêcheurs de Madame Carizey (absent de ce numéro)- Sommaire du No 18: L'avenir du bouddhisme en Occident par le Dr Edmond Isnard - Les stances du Bhartrihari (fin) par Marcelle Lalou - Retour des Indes, conte de Noel par Alfred Meynard - Les marchands ambulants et les cris de la rue (suite) par F. de Fénis - La tragique aventure de Jean Salel par Paul Munier (suite) - Chronique de l'Extrême-Orient par Alfred Meynard, G. Seiler et Wang-King-ky - Hors-Texte: Les Cris de la rue à Hanoi - Illustrations en noir et en couleurs par des élève de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine.
[REVUE INDOCHINOISE] [EXTREME-ASIE] [EXTREME-ORIENT][HEVEACULTURE EN INDOCHINE]
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Saïgon, Editions de la Société Extrême-Asie, Nos 7-8-9 de 1927, Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient. Revue publiée sous le Haut Patronage du Gouvernement Général de l'Indochine. 1 volume in-4, reliure moderne plein cuir, constitué de 3 revues successives, couvertures illustrées conservées, 54 pp.- 60 pp. de publicités indochinoises à pleine page pour chaque volume, richement illustrées de reproductions photographiques, excellent état.
Rare publication indochinoise couvrant les pays d'Extrême-Orient, enrichie de superbes publicités sur l'Indochine. Le Numéro 7 est un numéro spécial sur l'Hévéaculture en Indochine. Sommaire: Introduction par Yves Henry - Quelques notions sur l'hévéa brasiliensis: sa morphologie, sa physiologie, ses maladies par F. Evrard - Les grandes plantations - La plantation de Loc-Ninh - La Société Indochinoise des cultures tropicales par M. Geoffroy - L'hévéa devant la science par Maurice Debaupuis - Le caoutchouc de plantations et les sciences physico-chimiques par F. Annotel - Le caoutchouc manufacturé par M. Silvert. Sommaire du Numéro 8: La Province de Hadong par Jules Rouan - Tran-ba-loc par Jean Bouchot - Le Roman cambodgien du Lièvre par P. Midan - Janou la Tonkinoise par J. Duclos-Salesses - Le Théâtre d'amateurs au Tonkin par Spectator - Chronique d'Extrême-Orient par Alfred Meynard - Hors-Texte: Croquis de Nguyen Nam-Son. Sommaire du Numéro 9: Propos sur la maison coloniale par George Groslier - Le Roman Cambodgien du Lièvre par P. Midan - Note sur quelques palmiers de Bana par Maurice Magaon - Janou la Tonkinoise par J. Duclos-Salesses - Une interview de Mme Chivas-Baron par Marcel Jordan - Les idées: la question des races dans l'indianisme par Dr Alfred Salmony - Les livres par Marcel Jordan et Alfred Meynard.
Saïgon, Editions de la Société Extrême-Asie, Nos 22-23-24 de Avril-Mai-Juin 1928, Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient. Revue publiée sous le Haut Patronage du Gouvernement Général de l'Indochine. 1 volume in-4, reliure moderne plein cuir, constitué de 3 revues successives, couvertures illustrées conservées, 54 pp.- 60 pp. de publicités indochinoises à pleine page pour chaque volume, richement illustrées de reproductions photographiques, excellent état.
Rare publication indochinoise couvrant les pays d'Extrême-Orient, enrichie de superbes publicités sur l'Indochine.
Saïgon, Editions de la Société Extrême-Asie, Nos 25-26-27 de Juillet-Août-Septembre 1928, Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient. Revue publiée sous le Haut Patronage du Gouvernement Général de l'Indochine. 1 volume in-4, reliure moderne plein cuir, constitué de 3 revues successives, couvertures illustrées conservées, 54 pp.- 60 pp. de publicités indochinoises à pleine page pour chaque volume, richement illustrées de reproductions photographiques, excellent état.
Rare publication indochinoise couvrant les pays d'Extrême-Orient, enrichie de superbes publicités sur l'Indochine.
Hong Kong, Published by St John's Cathedral Office, Printed in Hong Kong, 1976. 1 booklet, in-8, soft illustrated covers, 24 pp., illustrated with colour and black & white images, a very good copy. We add a receipt of Kelly & Walsh Publishers, Booksellers and Stationers, dated 22 November 1976, for a 5 HK$ amount.
A nice historical guide on St John's Cathedral.
Hong Kong, Joint Publishing, 1988 (2nd edition). 1 volume in-8 oblong, 155 pp., couvertures cartonnées souples et illustrées, texte en chinois.
Zhang Leping est un fameux dessnateur satirique chinois des années 30 et 40 qui publia ses dessins dans différentes revues de Shanghai. Les plus célèbres de ses dessins figurent dans les aventures de Sanmao (Trois cheveux). Il s'agit ici d'une réédition moderne de ses dessins sans parole.
Choisy-le-Roi, Imprimerie A. Baille, vers 1900. 1 plan de Chang-Hai, de dimensions 15 * 20 cm, sous Marie-Louise.
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.
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, 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.
Published by Technical Advertising Service, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, circa 1954. 1 large volume, 4 vo, 171 pp., modern blue leather binding, illustrated with many black and white photographs. Very good condition.
This scarce document shows Taikoo Dockyard past and present activities and facilities available there for shipbuilding and engineering.
Published by Technical Advertising Service, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, circa 1954. 1 large volume, 4 vo, 171 pp., blue and grey cloth boards, illustrated with many black and white photographs. Very good condition. An other copy with modern blue leather binding.
This scarce document shows Taikoo Dockyard past and present activities and facilities available there for shipbuilding and engineering.
Hachette, Tour du Monde, 1877. 1 volume in-4, 48 pp., rebound in full modern leather, with many engravings on Hong kong and Canton, a very good copy.
This is an extract of Thomson's travel accounrt in China and Indochina, published in the magazine "Le Tour du Monde". Those 2 chapters focus on Hongkong and Canton and are richly illustrated with engravings
Paris, Librairie Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Editeurs, MDCCCLXXXV (1885). 1 volume in-12, reliure ancienne demi-basane, plats cartonnés marbrés, coiffe supérieure usée, très bon état. Ouvrage illustré de 65 gravures sur bois in et hors texte.
Un classique voyage à travers la Chine avec des descriptions de Canton, Hong Kong, Shanghai, du Fleuve Bleu et de Pékin.
Trollope & Colls Ltd, London, 1924. 1 volume folio, modern burgundy leather covers, 38*25 cm, 78 pp., with many full page photographic plates of buildings built by Trollops and Calls, all over the world, a very good copy. A very large (105 x 38 cm) folding panorama of "The Bund - Shanghai", large folding map (55 x 51 cm) of Some of the Buildings Erected by Trollope & Colls in the City of London, occasional spot of foxing, all text pages and plates present and attached in sound, tight binding, no tears.
"The object of this book is, in the first place, to review the past and present activities of the firm Trollope & Colls, and at the same time to direct attention to the fact, as will be seen from the following pages, that the scope of the Company's business is not limited to building and public works contracting at home and abroad, but embraces the highest class of decorative work and furnishing, both for ships and for buildings." .Trollope & Colls was one of the premier construction companies of its time, noted for many landmark buildings both in Great Britain and overseas. Some of their London projects were: the Institute of Chartered Accountants (1892), Claridges (1897), the Baltic Exchange (1903), and Lloyds Bank in Lombard Street (1931). They also designed rooms on luxury ocean liners, several of which are illustrated.The section on China is quite impressive, with the large folding panorama of the Bund and 10 additional photographs of significant buildings in Shanghai. The 10 photographs are: Octagonal Hall in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Glen Line Building, Lay-Out of Plant, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Main Banking Hall, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Interior, Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Granite Front Nearing Completion, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, The Completed Building, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Interior, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Another View of Interior, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, The Folding Panorama of the Bund shows the location of these buildings and the Yokohama Specie Bank, which the firm also constructed.