MORRIS, Jan.
Hong Kong.
Limited First Edition of Jan Morris' Hong Kong; Signed by Her
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988.
$100.00
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Item Number: RRB-147058
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Signed limited first edition of this incredibly vibrant history of Hong Kong, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece and artwork by Kunio Hagio, illustrated with maps and photographs. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. In near fine condition.
Welsh historian and travel writer Jan Morris, known best for her 'Pax Britannica' trilogy, has also written a series of historical travel books about different cities of the world. Having spent a vast amount of time visiting Hong Kong since the 1950s, her interest in the region expands past the beautiful geography to the tense history of imperialism and capitalism. "Ms. Morris possesses both a striking ability to make readers see her subjects and an affinity for cities . . . [her] 'Hong Kong' makes the armchair traveler yearn to visit the complex and cosmopolitan city of the future in person" (Barbara Cady, Publisher).
Hong Kong.
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