Scenic Shanghai. A Series of 23 Views in Vandyck Photogravure -
Circa 1920 - A. S. Watson &, Shanghai - First Edition
A fine, thus exceptional example of this scarce item, with fourteen full page photogravures, and nine further photogravure montages on two leaves. Each leaf with caption.
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Circa 1920 - A. S. Watson &, Shanghai - First Edition
A fine, thus exceptional example of this scarce item, with fourteen full page photogravures, and nine further photogravure montages on two leaves. Each leaf with caption.
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Grand Tattoo at Sookumpoo, Hong Kong 4th, 5th & 6th October 1928 -
1928 - Printed by The Newspaper Enterprise, Hong Kong - Only Edition
A fine and rare example of this programme for the 1928 ‘Tattoo’ in Hong Kong, an enormous undertaking for the time, and a fitting farewell to the Queen's Royal Regiment who were heavily involved and left Hong Kong the following year.
With three full page and five in-text illustrations, and nineteen pages of local Hong Kong advertisements.
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1928 - Printed by The Newspaper Enterprise, Hong Kong - Only Edition
A fine and rare example of this programme for the 1928 ‘Tattoo’ in Hong Kong, an enormous undertaking for the time, and a fitting farewell to the Queen's Royal Regiment who were heavily involved and left Hong Kong the following year.With three full page and five in-text illustrations, and nineteen pages of local Hong Kong advertisements.
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Constitutions of the Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons -
James Anderson, John Entick
1756. In the Vulgar Year of Masonry 5756 - Printed for Brother J. Scott, London - First Edition
Rare example of the third book of Constitutions, revised, enlarged and entirely recast by Committee and Rev. John Entick (1713-73), using only the enlarged history that James Anderson (c.1680-1739) had written for his 1738 edition. The first printing of the Constitutions was in 1723.
Copper-engraved allegorical frontispiece by Benjamin Cole after Louis-Philippe Boitard, both Masons, representing ‘the genius of Freemasonry seated on a throne, London being seen in the background, the dome of St. Paul’s appearing as a prominent figure, and a portion of the old London Bridge being also visible. On tessellated pavement in the front are working tools scattered about, the arms of the Grand Lodge being depicted at the right of the figure’. [Hughan]
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1756. In the Vulgar Year of Masonry 5756 - Printed for Brother J. Scott, London - First Edition
Rare example of the third book of Constitutions, revised, enlarged and entirely recast by Committee and Rev. John Entick (1713-73), using only the enlarged history that James Anderson (c.1680-1739) had written for his 1738 edition. The first printing of the Constitutions was in 1723.Copper-engraved allegorical frontispiece by Benjamin Cole after Louis-Philippe Boitard, both Masons, representing ‘the genius of Freemasonry seated on a throne, London being seen in the background, the dome of St. Paul’s appearing as a prominent figure, and a portion of the old London Bridge being also visible. On tessellated pavement in the front are working tools scattered about, the arms of the Grand Lodge being depicted at the right of the figure’. [Hughan]
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A Handbook to Canton and Macao -
J. Arnold
1921 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Tenth edition
A fine and scarce little guidebook published ‘with a view to furnish those desiring to make the enjoyable and interesting visits to Canton and Macao, with reliable and accurate information concerning the sailings of the Companies’ steamers, guides, hotels, etc.’ Promoting the services of The Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company, founded in 1865.
Heavily illustrated with over 70 photographs many taken by John Arnold, accompanied by text, (first printed in 1905 with 25 photos and less text), and a colour map.
To the rear are thirteen pages of wonderful period advertisements for Canton and Hong Kong based traders, merchants, shipping companies and hotels. In the publisher’s original illustrated cloth covers and brown string ties.
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1921 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Tenth edition
A fine and scarce little guidebook published ‘with a view to furnish those desiring to make the enjoyable and interesting visits to Canton and Macao, with reliable and accurate information concerning the sailings of the Companies’ steamers, guides, hotels, etc.’ Promoting the services of The Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company, founded in 1865.Heavily illustrated with over 70 photographs many taken by John Arnold, accompanied by text, (first printed in 1905 with 25 photos and less text), and a colour map.
To the rear are thirteen pages of wonderful period advertisements for Canton and Hong Kong based traders, merchants, shipping companies and hotels. In the publisher’s original illustrated cloth covers and brown string ties.
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Made in France - Signed -
Richard Avedon, Judith Thurman
2001 - Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco - First and only edition, limited to 5000 &lsquo
A clean example of this fine large and fabulous book, signed by Avedon in his typical large scrawl.
Illustrated with 40 tritone and quadrotone plates, text by Richard Avedon and an Essay by Judith Thurman, staff writer for The New Yorker.
‘And if a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up. I know that the accident of my being a photographer has made my life possible.’ - Richard Avedon.
‘These witty, ravishing photographs were taken in the late fifties, when Avedon was still shooting Paris couture for Harper's Bazaar— Suzy Parker, in a Lanvin-Castillo evening dress, bent over a pinball machine at Café des Beaux-Arts; Audrey Hepburn, in Dior, propped up against the bar at Maxim's like a bejewelled fountain pen.
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2001 - Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco - First and only edition, limited to 5000 &lsquo
A clean example of this fine large and fabulous book, signed by Avedon in his typical large scrawl.Illustrated with 40 tritone and quadrotone plates, text by Richard Avedon and an Essay by Judith Thurman, staff writer for The New Yorker.
‘And if a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up. I know that the accident of my being a photographer has made my life possible.’ - Richard Avedon.
‘These witty, ravishing photographs were taken in the late fifties, when Avedon was still shooting Paris couture for Harper's Bazaar— Suzy Parker, in a Lanvin-Castillo evening dress, bent over a pinball machine at Café des Beaux-Arts; Audrey Hepburn, in Dior, propped up against the bar at Maxim's like a bejewelled fountain pen.
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Five Months on The Yang-Tsze -
Thomas W. Blakiston
1862 - John Murray, London - First Edition
First edition in scarce original publisher’s cloth. Illustrated by Alfred Barton, with sixteen full page woodcut engraved plates, eight in-text engravings, and two folding maps by John Arrowsmith of The Yang-Tze Kiang from Han-Kow to Ping-Shan [64x21cm] and China [31x22cm].
Blakiston [1832-91] was an English army officer, explorer and naturalist who served with the British forces in Ireland, Nova Scotia and the Crimea before being posted to Canton during the second Opium War in 1859.
While in Canton, Blakiston organised this expedition, navigating ‘one of the greatest rivers in the world a distance of eighteen hundred miles’. ‘Despite the region being subject to extensive insurgency, Blakiston was able to travel 900 miles further up the river than any European before him except Jesuits wearing local attire.
His narrative, divided into nineteen chapters with illustrations by Alfred Barton, contains many observations relating to the politically volatile situation in China as well as descriptions of the local landscape, flora and fauna. It remained the standard account of the region for fifty years’. [Cambridge Library Collection]
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1862 - John Murray, London - First Edition
First edition in scarce original publisher’s cloth. Illustrated by Alfred Barton, with sixteen full page woodcut engraved plates, eight in-text engravings, and two folding maps by John Arrowsmith of The Yang-Tze Kiang from Han-Kow to Ping-Shan [64x21cm] and China [31x22cm].Blakiston [1832-91] was an English army officer, explorer and naturalist who served with the British forces in Ireland, Nova Scotia and the Crimea before being posted to Canton during the second Opium War in 1859.
While in Canton, Blakiston organised this expedition, navigating ‘one of the greatest rivers in the world a distance of eighteen hundred miles’. ‘Despite the region being subject to extensive insurgency, Blakiston was able to travel 900 miles further up the river than any European before him except Jesuits wearing local attire.
His narrative, divided into nineteen chapters with illustrations by Alfred Barton, contains many observations relating to the politically volatile situation in China as well as descriptions of the local landscape, flora and fauna. It remained the standard account of the region for fifty years’. [Cambridge Library Collection]
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The Physiology of Taste -
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, M.F.K. Fisher (translator)
1949 - The Limited Editions Club, New York - No. 1085 of 1500 copies
A wonderful example of the first and definitive issue of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's brilliant translation of Brillat- Savarin's classic work on gastronomy and 'a well balanced expression of one thinking man's attitude towards life'.
Mary Fisher, considered the 'poet of the appetites' by John Updike, and hailed by W. H. Auden as the greatest American prose writer, was renowned, not only as one of the finest writers on gastronomy, but also with a style of her own. A reviewer of a previous work by Fisher said ‘She writes about food the way some people do about love - only better.’
Fisher took more than two years to work on the translation, which was financed by the Limited Editions Club, who pulled out all the stops to present it in this beautiful large leather binding and slipcase.
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1949 - The Limited Editions Club, New York - No. 1085 of 1500 copies
A wonderful example of the first and definitive issue of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's brilliant translation of Brillat- Savarin's classic work on gastronomy and 'a well balanced expression of one thinking man's attitude towards life'.Mary Fisher, considered the 'poet of the appetites' by John Updike, and hailed by W. H. Auden as the greatest American prose writer, was renowned, not only as one of the finest writers on gastronomy, but also with a style of her own. A reviewer of a previous work by Fisher said ‘She writes about food the way some people do about love - only better.’
Fisher took more than two years to work on the translation, which was financed by the Limited Editions Club, who pulled out all the stops to present it in this beautiful large leather binding and slipcase.
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A Clockwork Orange -
Anthony Burgess
1962 - Heinemann, London - First edition first issue in first state jacket
A bright sharp and thus rare first edition of this "scarifying," controversial novel, and source for Stanley Kubrick's cult film. Social prophecy? Black comedy? Study of freewill? A Clockwork Orange is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates a new language - 'nadsat', the teenage slang of a not-too-distant future.
'Not only about man's violent nature and his capacity to choose between good and evil. It is about the excitements and intoxicating effects of language' – Daily Telegraph.
'One of the cleverest and most original writers of his generation' – The Times.
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1962 - Heinemann, London - First edition first issue in first state jacket
A bright sharp and thus rare first edition of this "scarifying," controversial novel, and source for Stanley Kubrick's cult film. Social prophecy? Black comedy? Study of freewill? A Clockwork Orange is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates a new language - 'nadsat', the teenage slang of a not-too-distant future.'Not only about man's violent nature and his capacity to choose between good and evil. It is about the excitements and intoxicating effects of language' – Daily Telegraph.
'One of the cleverest and most original writers of his generation' – The Times.
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Price HK$ 43,000