Hong Kong in Picture and Story by Stericker John and Veronica (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very interesting account of Hong Kong, Illustrated with 100 fine Monochrome Photographs. White Rexine Cover with Gilt Lettering to front. Endpapers Illustrated with Colour Maps. Printed on 100 lb Woodfree Paper supplied by the Kai Tai Paper Company. Photogravue by Tai Wah Press. Binding & Embossing By Tai On Press. 175 Pages, 600g, 9 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Spine slightly tanned and slight soiling around fore edges of cover. Please ask if you would like any more pictures or information Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Very Rare Privately printed. No Jacket. Very fascinating account of Colonial Hong Kong at his heydays, this was the Hong Kong of Suzie Wong and Love is a Many Splendoured Thing. Illustrated with 100 fine Monochrome Photographs. Beige Rexine Cover with Gilt Lettering to front. Endpapers Illustrated with Colour Maps. Photogravures by by Tai Wah Press. Binding & Embossing By Tai On Press. 175 Pages, 9 3/4" Tall. Four signatures dedication on title page. Ex Libris Giorgio Marin, a pianist for a few years in Hong Kong and Macau.

First edition. Numerous photographic plates. Large 8vo. Original cloth, minor wear, but overall a very good copy. Endpapers decorated with a map and a plan of Hong Kong. 175pp. Hong Kong, Privately Printed,  "A joint authorship often conceals a junior partner, who, having tagged along and done some of the donkey work, perhaps with a typewriter, can hardly be left out. Nothing could be more untrue of the contents of this book. This is a husband-and-wife combination in which, like two sportsmen out with guns, the proprietary rights of a certain bird have been observed but the bag at the end of the day is pooled." A beautiful photo-book with charming text. John Stericker had been interned in Stanley Camp during WW2. .