China
3 works
£1,197
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Hurley, R. C. Picturesque Hongkong. (British Crown Colony) and Dependencies. Hong Kong: Commercial Press, Limited, 1925. First edition, 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, publisher's slip tipped to title-page, 4 folding lithographic maps, 15 halftone photographic plates (including portrait frontispiece, double-page plate ‘The Leading Hotels of China’, and double-sided plate ‘The Great Tytam-Tuk Water Works/Hongkong Dairy Farm Cattle'), printer's advertisements;
Rome, F. J. de, & N. Evans. Notes on the Harbour of Hong Kong. [Hong Kong]: Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd., 1927. First edition, 8vo, 19 pp., original wrappers, folding halftone photographic panorama with similar illustrations on reverse, map in text, damp-stain to head of p. 8;
[Shanghai]. Scenic Shanghai. A Series of 23 Views in Vandyck Photogravure. Shanghai: A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., and Kelly & Walsh Ltd., c.1920. Oblong 8vo, original wrappers, 24 photogravures on 16 leaves;
and 2 others including G. Gipps, The Fighting in North China, Shanghai, 1901 (4to, plates, lacking wrappers) (5)