AT THE PEAK: HONG KONG BETWEEN THE WARS

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with photographs in black and white throughout. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with just a touch of rubbing and bumping at the extremities, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is free from fading, loss or tears.

Hong Kong in the twenties and thirties: for some it was a pleasurable, comfortable colonial existence; for others a life of hardship and privation. For all it would be brought to an end by the Japanese occupation. At The Peak gives an interesting, often amusing insight into this unique time in the territory's life. Events are illuminated by anecdotes and reminiscences. Photographs from company archives and private collections enable one to rediscover the Hong Kong of a bygone era and advertisements capture the mood and modes of the times. - publisher's blurb.