Hong Kong $ Directory 1966 -
1966 - Local Property &, 13 Duddell Street - First and only Edition
A fabulous, thick and scarce example of Hong Kong’s ‘$ Directory’ for 1966, over 1,500 pages, covering every detail of Hong Kong commerce and trade, representative offices, transport routes, institutions, societies, 200 page ‘Who’s Who’ section, all interspersed with illustrated advertisements.
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Price HK$ 5,000
1966 - Local Property &, 13 Duddell Street - First and only Edition
A fabulous, thick and scarce example of Hong Kong’s ‘$ Directory’ for 1966, over 1,500 pages, covering every detail of Hong Kong commerce and trade, representative offices, transport routes, institutions, societies, 200 page ‘Who’s Who’ section, all interspersed with illustrated advertisements.
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Price HK$ 5,000
Plan statistique des vignobles produisant les grands vins de Bourgogne : class -
Lucien Bonnamas
1861 - Imprimerie librairie Ed. Batault-Morot, Beaune - First Edition, First Printing, with first issue of the map.
Presenting the first printing ‘notice explicative’ of the first official classification of the great wines of Burgundy in 1861, detailing the ‘communes’ of Beaune, and of Santenay to Vougeot [Poisot, 35], with classification of the vineyards into 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class, as well as their size.
Together with the first printing first issue of the lithographic map (278cmx26cm (just over 9 feet in length)), the three different classifications hand-coloured in green, yellow and pink, folded in the publisher’s separate gilt lettered card boards, and canvas backing).
Both extremely rare and ‘lacking in all the great collections’ - Gérard Oberlé, Une Bibliothèque Bachique.
The ‘Comité d’Agriculture de Beaune ‘had this work produced for the Universal Exhibition of 1862, to "provide the wine trade serious guarantees in terms of the origin of what is sold".
Indicating, outside of the ‘Légendes’ area, highlighted colours for the vineyards of the district of Dijon. The map, very finely printed, was inspired by that of Dr. Lavalle from 1855.
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Price HK$ 110,000
1861 - Imprimerie librairie Ed. Batault-Morot, Beaune - First Edition, First Printing, with first issue of the map.
Presenting the first printing ‘notice explicative’ of the first official classification of the great wines of Burgundy in 1861, detailing the ‘communes’ of Beaune, and of Santenay to Vougeot [Poisot, 35], with classification of the vineyards into 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class, as well as their size.Together with the first printing first issue of the lithographic map (278cmx26cm (just over 9 feet in length)), the three different classifications hand-coloured in green, yellow and pink, folded in the publisher’s separate gilt lettered card boards, and canvas backing).
Both extremely rare and ‘lacking in all the great collections’ - Gérard Oberlé, Une Bibliothèque Bachique.
The ‘Comité d’Agriculture de Beaune ‘had this work produced for the Universal Exhibition of 1862, to "provide the wine trade serious guarantees in terms of the origin of what is sold".
Indicating, outside of the ‘Légendes’ area, highlighted colours for the vineyards of the district of Dijon. The map, very finely printed, was inspired by that of Dr. Lavalle from 1855.
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Price HK$ 110,000
Plan des Vignobles produisant Les Grands Vins de Bourgogne -
Lucien Bonnamas
After 1870 - A. Batault, Beaune - Second printing of the &lsquo
A magnificent, large, rare and fine lithographed map of the vineyards producing the great Burgundy wines as classified in 1861 for each commune of the Arrondissement of Beaune according to the merit of the products under the guidance of the Comité d'Agriculture de l'Arrondissement de Beaune, and for the Arrondissement of Dijon by a Society of Winegrowers. Drawn by M. L. Bonnamas.
Over 3 metres (10 feet) in length. Currently folded into a bespoke French binding, but can be simply removed from the modern archival tissue attachments for mounting as three sheets or one continuous map.
This is the second printing of the 1861 deluxe ‘de choix’ issue which was produced in small numbers (scale 1/20,0000, three sheets (125.5x53cm; 125.5x53cm; 65x5cm / plates 112x36cm; 112x36cn; 50cmx36cm with Larrey extending approx. 4cm outside of the standard border)).
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After 1870 - A. Batault, Beaune - Second printing of the &lsquo
A magnificent, large, rare and fine lithographed map of the vineyards producing the great Burgundy wines as classified in 1861 for each commune of the Arrondissement of Beaune according to the merit of the products under the guidance of the Comité d'Agriculture de l'Arrondissement de Beaune, and for the Arrondissement of Dijon by a Society of Winegrowers. Drawn by M. L. Bonnamas.Over 3 metres (10 feet) in length. Currently folded into a bespoke French binding, but can be simply removed from the modern archival tissue attachments for mounting as three sheets or one continuous map.
This is the second printing of the 1861 deluxe ‘de choix’ issue which was produced in small numbers (scale 1/20,0000, three sheets (125.5x53cm; 125.5x53cm; 65x5cm / plates 112x36cm; 112x36cn; 50cmx36cm with Larrey extending approx. 4cm outside of the standard border)).
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Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect -
Robert Burns
1787 - Printed for the Author, Edinburgh - Second (first Edinburgh) edition, first issue
In 1786 at the age of 27, although he had never published anything before, Burns decided to publish a volume of his poems. 612 copies were printed for him by John Wilson of Kilmarnock. They sold out within a month. There are estimated to be less than 70 complete Kilmarnock copies in existence today.
Encouraged by this success, and by a letter from an Edinburgh minister, Dr. Blacklock, Burns moved to Edinburgh instead of emigrating to Jamaica. He became a celebrity and in 1787 this new edition of 1500 copies, to be sold by subscription, was agreed upon with an additional 17 poems and five new songs.
Elegantly bound with full untrimmed edges, by Henderson & Bisset of Edinburgh. Illustrated with a stipple engraved frontispiece portrait of Burns by I. Beugo after Alexander Nasmyth.
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Price HK$ 30,000
1787 - Printed for the Author, Edinburgh - Second (first Edinburgh) edition, first issue
In 1786 at the age of 27, although he had never published anything before, Burns decided to publish a volume of his poems. 612 copies were printed for him by John Wilson of Kilmarnock. They sold out within a month. There are estimated to be less than 70 complete Kilmarnock copies in existence today. Encouraged by this success, and by a letter from an Edinburgh minister, Dr. Blacklock, Burns moved to Edinburgh instead of emigrating to Jamaica. He became a celebrity and in 1787 this new edition of 1500 copies, to be sold by subscription, was agreed upon with an additional 17 poems and five new songs.
Elegantly bound with full untrimmed edges, by Henderson & Bisset of Edinburgh. Illustrated with a stipple engraved frontispiece portrait of Burns by I. Beugo after Alexander Nasmyth.
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Jamaica Inn -
Daphne Du Maurier
1936 - Victor Gollancz Ltd, London - First Edition
A finely bound first edition of Du Maurier's first commercially successful novel, a famous gothic masterpiece.
Jamaica Inn stands alone, stark and forbidding, on bleak Bodmin Moor, its very walls tainted with corruption. Its name was evil, and no man knew what horrors its dark shutters hid.
Turned into film and directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1939.
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Price HK$ 10,000
1936 - Victor Gollancz Ltd, London - First Edition
A finely bound first edition of Du Maurier's first commercially successful novel, a famous gothic masterpiece.Jamaica Inn stands alone, stark and forbidding, on bleak Bodmin Moor, its very walls tainted with corruption. Its name was evil, and no man knew what horrors its dark shutters hid.
Turned into film and directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1939.
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The King's General - Signed and Inscribed -
Daphne Du Maurier
1946 - Victor Gollancz Ltd, London - First Edition
A fine signed first edition, inscribed 'For Frieda my friend and neighbour Daphne Du Maurier'.
A fine first edition in fine and thus scarce delicate yellow Gollancz dust jacket. Inspired by a grisly discovery in the nineteenth century, The King's General was the first of du Maurier's novels to be written at Menabilly, the model for Manderley in Rebecca.
Set in the seventeenth century, it tells the story of a country and a Cornish family riven by civil war, and features one of fiction's most original heroines. Honor Harris is only eighteen when she first meets Richard Grenvile, proud, reckless - and utterly captivating. But following a riding accident, Honor must reconcile herself to a life alone.
As Richard rises through the ranks of the army, marries and makes enemies, Honor remains true to him, and finally discovers the secret of Menabilly...
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Price HK$ 15,000
1946 - Victor Gollancz Ltd, London - First Edition
A fine signed first edition, inscribed 'For Frieda my friend and neighbour Daphne Du Maurier'. A fine first edition in fine and thus scarce delicate yellow Gollancz dust jacket. Inspired by a grisly discovery in the nineteenth century, The King's General was the first of du Maurier's novels to be written at Menabilly, the model for Manderley in Rebecca.
Set in the seventeenth century, it tells the story of a country and a Cornish family riven by civil war, and features one of fiction's most original heroines. Honor Harris is only eighteen when she first meets Richard Grenvile, proud, reckless - and utterly captivating. But following a riding accident, Honor must reconcile herself to a life alone.
As Richard rises through the ranks of the army, marries and makes enemies, Honor remains true to him, and finally discovers the secret of Menabilly...
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Rebecca -
Daphne Du Maurier
1938 - Victor Gollancz Limited, London - First Edition
‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.’
A finely bound first edition of this iconic gothic mystery.
Considered du Maurier’s finest work, the novel is narrated by the second Mrs de Winters, the naive second wife of wealthy widower, Maxim de Winter, owner of the renowned estate, Manderley. As the story unfolds, the second Mrs de Winter increasingly finds herself haunted by her glamorous predecessor, Rebecca, and tormented by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, subsequently leading her to uncover an unexpected tragedy...
Hauntingly adapted for the 1940 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Price HK$ 10,000
1938 - Victor Gollancz Limited, London - First Edition
‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.’A finely bound first edition of this iconic gothic mystery.
Considered du Maurier’s finest work, the novel is narrated by the second Mrs de Winters, the naive second wife of wealthy widower, Maxim de Winter, owner of the renowned estate, Manderley. As the story unfolds, the second Mrs de Winter increasingly finds herself haunted by her glamorous predecessor, Rebecca, and tormented by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, subsequently leading her to uncover an unexpected tragedy...
Hauntingly adapted for the 1940 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Price HK$ 10,000
My Cousin Rachel -
Daphne Du Maurier
1951 - Victor Gollancz Ltd, London - First Edition
Finely boudn first edition of this historical intrigue from a master storyteller; 'My Cousin Rachel' is a tale of obsession set in nineteenth century Cornwall. Described by Julie Myerson of The Guardian as a ‘tightly plotted, sinuous and undeniably feral piece of work’.
The basis for two Hollywood film adaptations starring Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton (1952) and Rachel Weisz (2017).
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Price HK$ 4,000
1951 - Victor Gollancz Ltd, London - First Edition
Finely boudn first edition of this historical intrigue from a master storyteller; 'My Cousin Rachel' is a tale of obsession set in nineteenth century Cornwall. Described by Julie Myerson of The Guardian as a ‘tightly plotted, sinuous and undeniably feral piece of work’.The basis for two Hollywood film adaptations starring Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton (1952) and Rachel Weisz (2017).
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Price HK$ 4,000