Hong Kong, Around And About - [Deane H. Dickason's Copy] Peplow, S.H. And Barker, M. Hong Kong

Second edition, revised and enlarged. pp196 + 6 pages of index. Quarter green cloth spine over paper covered hard boards. Cream coloured paper title label to spine. With one folding map of Hong Kong tipped in. This book provides the reader with a detailed overview about Hong Kong, including the geography and layout, Chinese customs, festivals, legends, beliefs and Gods; as well as chapters on pirates, typhoons, place names and their meanings, etc. The folding map of 'Hong Kong and the New Territory' shows roads and the route of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Neat previous owner's name to the front paste-down of Deane H. Dickason. An excellent copy with none of the browning or foxing usually found, just a small amount of edge wear to three pages. Grades Near Fine. Deane Dickason (1898-1953) was an American film producer and director, known for Virgins of Bali (1932) and Down Singapore Way (1946). He produced a documentary, Jungle Bound: Angkor in the mid 1930's and also wrote a well regarded guidebook "Wondrous Angkor" which was published by Kelly & Walsh in Shanghai in 1937. Dickason worked as a news analyst for CBS during WW2, lived in Hong kong after the war and died in a fall while working in China in 1953.