The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist by England, Vaudine

Hong Kong Univ Pr, 1998-12. Hardcover. Good.

Hong Kong University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 100x16x148. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1998. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 379pp.incl.index; HB blue w/silver; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ grayblue w/white&red-photocover; fine. Biography; b/w photos.

Hong Kong University Press,, 1998. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Light wear to extremities, otherwise near fine in very good indeed dust jacket. Gift inscription to half-title.

Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1998. xiii, + 381pp., b/white map-printed endpapers, two unpaginated b/white photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain boards undamaged. Author signature to title page. Trivial flecks to text-block head, else leaves clean and unmarked. Tiny spot to reverse surface of illustrated dustjacket, which has sunned strips to foredge folds, minimal edge-creasing and rubbing. From the rear panel: "Noel Croucher was a legend in his own time - a raconteur, yet a recluse, conventional yet eccentric, extremely rich yet mean to himself. And all the while, he had a secret penchant for philanthropy . . . Hundreds of interviews, thousands of letters and extensive research in Britain and Hong Kong, together with access to the unique Carl T. Smith Collection, combine to make this original story an authoritative and fascinating read." Contents include: Foreword (Dr. Elizabeth Sinn), Author's Note, The Croucher… Read More