London. Herbert Jenkins. 1938. Black and white photographic illustrations, 282pp, hardback covers worn, edges browned, foxing preliminary and final leaves, a good advance review copy. A fiction set amongst Hong Kong outlaws. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168463. More
London. Jenkins. 1932. Black & white frontispiece and 17 black and white photographic plates, 334pp + 2 bookseller adverts. Endpapers browned, yellow cloth boards faded on the spine and discoloured. Preliminaries foxed but the text block is clean. A very good firm copy. 21 x 13.5cm. Fictionalised account but based..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2012. Black and white photographic illustrations, xx + 378 pages, index, bibliography, paperback. Lo Jung-pang argues that during each of the three periods when imperial China embarked on maritime enterprises (the Qin and Han dynasties, the Sui and early Tang dynasties, and Song, Yuan, and early Ming..... More
Mercury Press. 1931. 19 photographic illustrations - one folding, prelims and last leaves feature some interesting advertisements reflecting the interests of the day, [xvi] +150pp and adverts, first and last leaves and edges browned, owner's name to half-title binding trifle worn primarily at corners and head and tail of spine..... More
Hong Kong. Vetch & Lee. 1970. Illustrated in black and white by Doris Worcester. 90pp, small mark reverse of price-clipped dustjacket, good hardback copy. 19 x 25cm. A history and description of the various Chinese water craft. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168392. More