Eitel E J Eitel Ernest John 1838 1908 (1 results)
Published by Oxford University Press (1983), Hong Kong, 1983
- Hardcover
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orig.boards. Reprint. 22x14cm, (23),575,(13)p, A facsimile reprint of the 1895 edition. Weighs 900 grams. With an introduction by H.J. Lethbridge. ["Eitel's Europe in China continues to remain the standard history of nineteenth-century Hong Kong.A succession of government posts culminated in his appointment as Private Secretary…to the Governor, Sir John Pope-Hennesy, a post from which he resigned in 1882 in the aftermath of a scandal involving his attabilious and troublesome superior..As a long-time Hong Kong resident and official,Eitel witnessed, or had first-hand knowledge of many of the events described. He also had access to material that has since disappeared.." -dustwrapper]. Bookplate. Some light rubbing to head of spine. VG., dustwrapper.