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Hong Kong - The Last Prize of Empire
by Trea Wiltshire
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/near fine
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
Hong Kong: Formasia, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. This book was published as Hong Kong entered its last decade as a British colony. It is a collection of historic sepia photographs of Hong Kong as it used to be contrasted with colour photographs of Hong Kong at the time the book was compiled Very Good Hardback in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition 147 pages. Weight: 1.7 kg Post free within Malaysia, but may incur additional charges when posted elsewhere. The dust jacket has one or two minor dirt marks. The inside covers and first pages up to and including the title page and the rear end papers have varying signs of damp. Otherwise the binding is tight, text clear and there is no tanning throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf
(MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HK31
- Title
- Hong Kong - The Last Prize of Empire
- Author
- Trea Wiltshire
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Formasia
- Place of Publication
- Hong Kong
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Hong Kong History
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About the Seller
The Penang Bookshelf
Biblio member since 2010
Jelutong, Pulau Pinang
About The Penang Bookshelf
The Penang Bookshelf was set up in mid 2010 principally to introduce Malaysian residents to the variety of books there is available about the country both past and present. We only stock fiction and non-fiction related to Malaysia and the rest of Asia. Much of our current stock of over a thousand different titles is not available in Malaysia. Conversely much of our stock published in Malaysia is difficult to find outside the country. So if there\'s something Malaysia related that you\'re looking for, do please contact us and we\'ll do our best to help. At present details of most of our stock is not on line; we hope it will be eventually!
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