Stericker John (26 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1954 John and Veronica Stericker. Includes envelope attached to back cover with four reproductions of old prints of Hong Kong in 1846. Prev owner name/inscription inside front cover. Pages are clean and bright, some tanning inside covers. Back cover has some damage at lower corner. Cover corners are b…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. No dj. Third impression with a printing of 1000. Cream colored boards exhibit heavy soiling. Light bumping on corners. Gold gilt lettering on front cover is bright. Inside hinge is cracked but still firmly attached. Text is clean and unmarked. 100 b&w photos with full descriptions depicting…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. Third impression of book originally published in 1953. Small quarto, pp 175. White rexine covered hard boards (no jacket as issued) with gilt lettering to the front board. End paper maps. Photographic book of Hong Kong with 100 gravure images and detailed captions. John Stericker was a lo…

Hard. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. 1st. First edition. Hardcover. Published Hong Kong: Privately printed, John and Veronica Stericker, 1954. Folio, 9 1/8" x 12 1/8", 52pp., illustrated with b/w photos, map of the Hong Kong city district, 12 tipped in color plates plus 4 loose color prints in rear pocket, as published. A…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. Fourth impression of book originally published in 1953. Small quarto, pp 175. White rexine covered hard boards (no jacket as issued) with gilt lettering to the front board. End paper maps. Photographic book of Hong Kong with 100 gravure images and detailed captions. John Stericker wa…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover in leather effect covers with gilt titles and illustration. With slight bump on right hand corner. Some discolouration to the front end paper, otherwise Very Good condition. First edition, 12 tipped in colour plates, 4 colour plates of Hong kong in 1946 in attached envelope…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 176pp. Pale blue cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front; maps on endpapers. 8vo. Sun-faded spine and boards, mottled and foxing. Boards cupped. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Gift inscription on verso of fr…

Hardbound. Condition: Good+. First Edition. A loving look at the territory and its people, a few years after the end of WWII. Skillful, frequently dramatic black and white images of a Hong Kong now long passed are accompanied by often lengthy text - far more than captions - describing each image, its setting and notes about the…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4th Impression, some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and worn, a couple of small dents on bottom edge of front and back covers, surface of covers a little grubby and discoloured with age, internally in good condition, pages c…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, comes with a loose thin card booklet of "The Plover Cove Scheme" and inside the back cover pocket…

Front endpaper map, 211pp, cellotape stain copyright leaf and contents page, otherwise a very good copy indeed in dustjacket. John Stericker's "pre-war assignment to China on the management of large British-owned cigarette factories forms the basis of this book. He looks back with nostalgia on the China that expatriates loved so…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. White boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Head and tail of spine bumped and a little worn. Boards slightly bowed. Covers are well discoloured and bear some staining. Binding is tidy. Free endpapers, pastedowns and title pages bear light discolouration and foxing. Previous…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very interesting account of Hong Kong, Illustrated with 100 fine Monochrome Photographs. White Rexine Cover with Gilt Lettering to front. Endpapers Illustrated with Colour Maps. Printed on 100 lb Woodfree Paper supplied by the Kai Tai Paper Company. Photogravue by T…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Very Rare Privately printed. No Jacket. Very fascinating account of Colonial Hong Kong at his heydays, this was the Hong Kong of Suzie Wong and Love is a Many Splendoured Thing. Illustrated with 100 fine Monochrome Photographs. Beige Rexine Cover with Gilt Letter…

First edition. Numerous photographic plates. Large 8vo. Original cloth, minor wear, but overall a very good copy. Endpapers decorated with a map and a plan of Hong Kong. 175pp. Hong Kong, Privately Printed,  "A joint authorship often conceals a junior partner, who, having tagged along and done some of the donkey work, perhaps wi…