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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Patterned paper covered boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has faint toning and edgewear to boards and spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but carrying odor. DJ gently toned and rubbed, mild edgewear that includes a few small tears.
Hongkong: The Island Between by Rand, Christopher - 1952
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Hongkong: The Island Between
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo. First edition stated. Purple geometric paper boards. 244 p.p. Rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket is price clipped, has a few short tears and small chips, wear and darkening to extremities. Notation in black crayon to inside of rear cover. This is a gifted reporter's impression of the tiny, crowded, melodramatic British colony on China's southern coast, the one point at which the Bamboo Curtain is slightly parted.
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- Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1952
- Keywords Christopher Rand, China, Hong Kong, Asia, Bamboo Curtain, Communism
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Hongkong: The Island Between
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Hong Kong: The Island Between
by Christopher Rand
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New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1952 Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1952. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; trace wear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($3.00); light toning and insect holes to DJ at spine; toning and light soiling to panels. Purple designed paper over boards and spine with black lettering in a white shadowbox on the spine. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 244 pp 8vo. This is a reporter's impression of the British Colony on China's southern coast which makes it the main news-gathering point between India and Japan. It is the meeting place of the Orient and the Occident, a bridge between Britain's past and her present, full of legitimate businesses and the shady illegal ones. The book presents the sights, the contrasts, and the activities along with the smells, the anecdotes, and the personalities of the population…
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