Books

First edition. 26 original photogravures mounted on 24 plates. Oblong folio. Original decorated boards, a very good copy. 4 leaves of text. Hong Kong, Ye Olde Printerie, n.d. (but c.1925).

Inscribed inside cover, "Professor W.J. Hinton, with every good wish. Yours very truly Liz Bowpoo (?), Hong Kong, May 7, 1926."

Each photograph is accompanied with descriptive text on the facing page.

"In the daytime the view from the Peak vies with any in the five continents; after sunset it is indescribably grand. To the South and West stretches the boundless Pacific with its myriad islands like emeralds in an azure setting; immediately to the east are charming residences of the European merchants and officials."

A fine large format view book of Hong Kong, with views of the island and Kowloon from the harbour and the Peak, the Peak Tramway and residences on the mid-levels, the Supreme Court and the Hong Kong Club, the Praya, Wyndham Street, Queen’s Road Central, Aberdeen, Repulse Bay, Shua Ki Wan, Happy Valley Racecourse and various scenes of life in the city.

‘Denis Henry Hazell (1897-1970) was a British businessman. Some of his photographs were published in Picturesque Hong Kong (Ye Olde Printerie Ltd., Hong Kong), in approximately 1925. Born in Clevedon, Somerset, and the son of local photographer Edwin Henry Hazell, Hazell moved to Hong Kong in 1923 to take up a position in business there, and lived in the British colony until his death.’ – University of Bristol, https://www.hpcbristol.net/photographer/hazell-denis-h

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