Picturesque Hongkong.
HAZELL Denis H. photographer (1926].)
£200.00 [First Edition]
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First edition. 26 original photographs mounted on 24 plates, each with descriptive text on facing page. Oblong folio. Original boards with tipped-in photograph. Lacking title-page, a good copy. 3ff. of text. Hongkong, Ye Olde Printerie, n.d. [but ca.
"In the daytime the view from the Peak vies with any in the five continents; after sunset it is indescribably grand. To the South and West stretches the boundless Pacific with its myriad islands like emeralds in an azure setting; immediately to the East are the charming residences of the European merchants and officials... (Foreword). Rare.
Stock Code: 224352
