Europe in China by Eitel, E.J. [Eitel, Ernest John, (1838-1908)] - (1983)

Bookplate. Some light rubbing to head of spine. VG., dustwrapper. Hong Kong Oxford University Press Hong Kong (1983) Reprint. orig.boards 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].