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By-laws of the Zetland Lodge, No. 525, Hongkong -
1870 - Printed at the China Magazine Office, Hong Kong - Only Printing
Rare and near fine example.
Beginning with a list of the ‘Officers for the year, 1870’ which provides an interesting cross-section of Hong Kong figures:-
1. Francis Douglas (1833–1874) - Superintendent of Victoria Gaol (now part of Tai Kwun).
2. H. O'Hara who was the lead agent for the Tudor Company, ice traders, located on Ice House Street
3. Count Hans Kiaer, a Danish merchant, broker, and Swedish-Norwegian Consul. He is buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley.
4. John G. Hodgson, assistant accountant at HSBC.
5. Daniel Edmund Caldwell, established his own law firm, Caldwell & Co., which later became Caldwell & Wilkinson, and then Wilkinson & Grist, which remains one of Hong Kong's oldest law firms today.
6. Edmund Richard Holmes, Manager of the Hongkong Hotel, the city's first luxury hotel, located at the intersection of Pedder Street and Queen's Road Central.
7. John Fairbairn, who worked for Lane, Crawford & Co.
8. Charles Frederick Augustus Sangster, a prominent colonial civil servant, legal official, and Hong Kong’s first professional pipe organist, and organist and choirmaster at St. John's Cathedral, playing the colony's first major pipe organ. He also served as a Clerk of the Supreme Court and a Deputy Sheriff of the colony.
9. James Henry MacLehose, a prominent merchant, later opening the wine merchants MacEwen, Frickel & Co.
10. F. A. Quin, was Assistant Superintendent of Police when this was printed.
11. Robert Reed, was a cargo-boat inspector under the Harbour Master’s Office.
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1870 - Printed at the China Magazine Office, Hong Kong - Only Printing
Rare and near fine example.Beginning with a list of the ‘Officers for the year, 1870’ which provides an interesting cross-section of Hong Kong figures:-
1. Francis Douglas (1833–1874) - Superintendent of Victoria Gaol (now part of Tai Kwun).
2. H. O'Hara who was the lead agent for the Tudor Company, ice traders, located on Ice House Street
3. Count Hans Kiaer, a Danish merchant, broker, and Swedish-Norwegian Consul. He is buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley.
4. John G. Hodgson, assistant accountant at HSBC.
5. Daniel Edmund Caldwell, established his own law firm, Caldwell & Co., which later became Caldwell & Wilkinson, and then Wilkinson & Grist, which remains one of Hong Kong's oldest law firms today.
6. Edmund Richard Holmes, Manager of the Hongkong Hotel, the city's first luxury hotel, located at the intersection of Pedder Street and Queen's Road Central.
7. John Fairbairn, who worked for Lane, Crawford & Co.
8. Charles Frederick Augustus Sangster, a prominent colonial civil servant, legal official, and Hong Kong’s first professional pipe organist, and organist and choirmaster at St. John's Cathedral, playing the colony's first major pipe organ. He also served as a Clerk of the Supreme Court and a Deputy Sheriff of the colony.
9. James Henry MacLehose, a prominent merchant, later opening the wine merchants MacEwen, Frickel & Co.
10. F. A. Quin, was Assistant Superintendent of Police when this was printed.
11. Robert Reed, was a cargo-boat inspector under the Harbour Master’s Office.
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By-laws of the Zetland Lodge, No. 525, of Free and Accepted Masons, holding warrant under the United Grand Lodge of England. Revised and passed 1st November, A.L. 5866, A.D. 1866 -
1866 - Printed by A. Shortrede & Co., Hong Kong - Only Printing
A very fine example of this rare printing of the By-laws of Zetland Lodge.
Separated into three parts, being:-
1. ‘By-laws of the Zetland Lodge, No. 525. - Approved, H. Murray, District Grand Master.’
2. ‘The Rise and Purposes of Speculative Masonry, being an Address delivered to the Brethren of the Zetland Lodge, No. 525, Hongkong on the 14th September, A.L. 5866, A.D. 1866 by R. W. Brother Henry Murray, District Grand Master of British Freemasonry, and Grand Superintendent of English Royal Arch Masons, in China.’
3. ‘The Charges of a Free-Mason: Extracted from the Antient Records of Lodges Beyond the Sea, and those of England, Scotland and Ireland, for the use of Lodges, to be read at the Making of New Brethren, or when the Master shall order it.’
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1866 - Printed by A. Shortrede & Co., Hong Kong - Only Printing
A very fine example of this rare printing of the By-laws of Zetland Lodge. Separated into three parts, being:-
1. ‘By-laws of the Zetland Lodge, No. 525. - Approved, H. Murray, District Grand Master.’
2. ‘The Rise and Purposes of Speculative Masonry, being an Address delivered to the Brethren of the Zetland Lodge, No. 525, Hongkong on the 14th September, A.L. 5866, A.D. 1866 by R. W. Brother Henry Murray, District Grand Master of British Freemasonry, and Grand Superintendent of English Royal Arch Masons, in China.’
3. ‘The Charges of a Free-Mason: Extracted from the Antient Records of Lodges Beyond the Sea, and those of England, Scotland and Ireland, for the use of Lodges, to be read at the Making of New Brethren, or when the Master shall order it.’
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The Imperial Family Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments -
1848 - Blackie and Son, Glasgow
A fine, massive and exquisitely bound family bible containing the Old and New Testament.
Magnificently illustrated with two additional engraved title pages, thirty-six engraved plates, and an engraved illustrated Family Register. Complete, the listed plate ‘The Raising of Lazarus’ [John XI] replaced with ‘Christ taken down from the cross’ [John XX].
With title pages for both the Old and the New Testament, text in double column format.
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Price HK$ 30,000
1848 - Blackie and Son, Glasgow
A fine, massive and exquisitely bound family bible containing the Old and New Testament.Magnificently illustrated with two additional engraved title pages, thirty-six engraved plates, and an engraved illustrated Family Register. Complete, the listed plate ‘The Raising of Lazarus’ [John XI] replaced with ‘Christ taken down from the cross’ [John XX].
With title pages for both the Old and the New Testament, text in double column format.
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Abbey's Road - Inscribed -
Edward Abbey, Jean Pruchnik (illustrator)
1979 - E. P. Dutton, New York - First Edition
A fine first edition, illustrated by Jean Pruchnik, signed and inscribed ‘all the best! Edward Abbey Santa Fe 11/56/88’
‘In the spirit of Desert Solitaire and The Journey Home, Abbey's Road is a personal odyssey. Edward Abbey's explorations include the familiar territory of the Rio Grande in Texas and Canyonlands National Park and Lake Powell in Utah. He also takes us to such varied places as Scotland, the interior of Australia, and the Sierra Madre and Isla de la Sombra in Mexico.’
‘I've been along a few of Mr. Abbey's roads. He sees much more than I did. Indeed, reading him is often better than being there was.’ – John Leonard.
‘Abbey's the original fly in the ointment. Give him money and prizes. Don't let anything happen to him.’ – Thomas McGuane.
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1979 - E. P. Dutton, New York - First Edition
A fine first edition, illustrated by Jean Pruchnik, signed and inscribed ‘all the best! Edward Abbey Santa Fe 11/56/88’‘In the spirit of Desert Solitaire and The Journey Home, Abbey's Road is a personal odyssey. Edward Abbey's explorations include the familiar territory of the Rio Grande in Texas and Canyonlands National Park and Lake Powell in Utah. He also takes us to such varied places as Scotland, the interior of Australia, and the Sierra Madre and Isla de la Sombra in Mexico.’
‘I've been along a few of Mr. Abbey's roads. He sees much more than I did. Indeed, reading him is often better than being there was.’ – John Leonard.
‘Abbey's the original fly in the ointment. Give him money and prizes. Don't let anything happen to him.’ – Thomas McGuane.
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About the Murder of the Circus Queen -
Anthony Abbot (psued. Charles Fulton Oursler)
1932 - Covici-Friede, New York - First Edition
A rare and superb example of the fourth Thatcher Colt mystery in the dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins.
As the circus prepares to play in Madison Garden, Colt and his trusted sidekick (and story narrator) Tony Abbott enquire about a series of accidents that have occurred amongst the troupe, including one death, letters are being received by the main stars warning them against performing on the Friday 13th opening night.
‘Thatcher Colt, Commissioner of Police for New York City, a dashing figure, handsome, wealthy, cultured and well connected. The Colt books are characteristic Golden Age products, complex and clever, designed to deceive and, in doing so, to satisfy.’ – Cooper & Pike.
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1932 - Covici-Friede, New York - First Edition
A rare and superb example of the fourth Thatcher Colt mystery in the dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins.As the circus prepares to play in Madison Garden, Colt and his trusted sidekick (and story narrator) Tony Abbott enquire about a series of accidents that have occurred amongst the troupe, including one death, letters are being received by the main stars warning them against performing on the Friday 13th opening night.
‘Thatcher Colt, Commissioner of Police for New York City, a dashing figure, handsome, wealthy, cultured and well connected. The Colt books are characteristic Golden Age products, complex and clever, designed to deceive and, in doing so, to satisfy.’ – Cooper & Pike.
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The Man Who Turned Into a Stick. Three Related Plays - Inscribed -
Kōbō Abe
1975 - University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo - First Edition in English
Inscribed by Kōbō Abe in Japanese and signed in English. Translated by Donald Keene.
This work contains three plays written between 1957 and 1969, usually presented together and symbolising the different stages of life. The first, representing birth, is The Suitcase. The second, The Cliff of Time, represents life itself, or The Process and the third, The Man who Turned into a Stick, is death.
The Man Who Turned Into A Stick (棒になった男 – Bō ni natta otoko), is considered a primary example of magic realism in Japanese literature.
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1975 - University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo - First Edition in English
Inscribed by Kōbō Abe in Japanese and signed in English. Translated by Donald Keene.This work contains three plays written between 1957 and 1969, usually presented together and symbolising the different stages of life. The first, representing birth, is The Suitcase. The second, The Cliff of Time, represents life itself, or The Process and the third, The Man who Turned into a Stick, is death.
The Man Who Turned Into A Stick (棒になった男 – Bō ni natta otoko), is considered a primary example of magic realism in Japanese literature.
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The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography -
Henry Adams
1918 - Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York - First Trade Edition
A fine first trade edition of Henry Adams influential and Pulitzer-winning autobiography, that records the struggle of the Bostonian Henry Adams (1838–1918), in his later years, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth, whilst charting the great transformation in American life during the so-called Gilded Age.
First circulated privately in a run of 100 copies, and then published here posthumously and with an added preface by Henry Cabot Lodge. The Modern Library placed it first in a list of the top 100 English-language non-fiction books of the 20th century.
Housed in a bespoke leather clamshell case.
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1918 - Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York - First Trade Edition
A fine first trade edition of Henry Adams influential and Pulitzer-winning autobiography, that records the struggle of the Bostonian Henry Adams (1838–1918), in his later years, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth, whilst charting the great transformation in American life during the so-called Gilded Age.First circulated privately in a run of 100 copies, and then published here posthumously and with an added preface by Henry Cabot Lodge. The Modern Library placed it first in a list of the top 100 English-language non-fiction books of the 20th century.
Housed in a bespoke leather clamshell case.
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New Topographics - Signed -
Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, et al.
2009 - Steidl, Göttingen - First Edition
A fine first edition of this’ manifesto for a new vision of landscape photography’. [Blind Magazine, The 50 Most Influential Photobooks of All Time]
Illustrated from photographs by Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore, and Henry Wessel, Jr.
Signed by Frank Gohlke, William Jenkins, and Britt Salvesen.
William Jenkins was the original curator and the man who named the exhibition—and identified what would become the ‘New Topographics’ movement. Britt Salvesen was the Director and Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson when the ‘New Topographics’ show was revisited.
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2009 - Steidl, Göttingen - First Edition
A fine first edition of this’ manifesto for a new vision of landscape photography’. [Blind Magazine, The 50 Most Influential Photobooks of All Time]Illustrated from photographs by Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore, and Henry Wessel, Jr.
Signed by Frank Gohlke, William Jenkins, and Britt Salvesen.
William Jenkins was the original curator and the man who named the exhibition—and identified what would become the ‘New Topographics’ movement. Britt Salvesen was the Director and Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson when the ‘New Topographics’ show was revisited.
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Price HK$ 6,000