China and the Far East, The English in 1930s Shanghai - A Fa...

Hammer

£190

China and the Far East, The English in 1930s Shanghai - A Farewell Souvenir to Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Kingdon/On the Occasion of their Departure for England of Proceedings/Shanghai January 18th 1939, red-printed decorative borders, pp: [i], 7, [8], this departing address was compiled by and contributed to by Thomas Cook & Son (Bankers) Ltd., of Shanghai, for whom Mr Kingdom had worked in the Far East, following service in the RAF in World War One, the first seven pages are a typed account of after dinner speeches and replies, which are then followed by eight pages 'With sincerest wishes to you both for health, happiness and prosperity from Shanghai Office friends' and undersigned by his English and Chinese colleagues in ink manuscript (the Chinese signing in Mandarin characters too), further replicated by his friends and colleagues from the offices in Tientsin (Tianjin), Peking (Beijing), Hong Kong, and mainland Japan, the least leaf is illustrated with a menu from the farewell dinner (Shanghai Club, 18th January, 1939) and a b/w photograph of the event, contemporary gilt morocco over blue silk, marbled endpapers, 4to (34cm x 23.5cm), [1]