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Volume 3: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell

HK$168.00
USD: US$21.51
CNY: CN¥155.74
GBP: £16.84
EUR: €19.80
AUD: AU$32.33
CAD: CA$29.34
JPY: ¥3,380
Not your typical photo book!

Grab your flippers, mask, and magnifying glass – Volume 3 is full of old photos of people in, on, under, and around Hong Kong’s famous Victoria Harbour. Many of the photos are published for the first time, and although they’re old, they are sharp and packed with detail. So join David Bellis in uncovering the photos’ secrets, deciphering their stories, and meeting the people of old Hong Kong.

David runs the award-winning local history website Gwulo, home to over 20,000 photos of old Hong Kong.

Part of a five-volume series; to see the other books, click here.

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Volume 4: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell

HK$168.00
USD: US$21.51
CNY: CN¥155.74
GBP: £16.84
EUR: €19.80
AUD: AU$32.33
CAD: CA$29.34
JPY: ¥3,380
Not your typical photo book!

Revisit old Hong Kong through this book’s collection of rare photos, many of them over 100 years old. Then join David to explore the photos’ details, and so discover their hidden stories: the women who toiled up the Peak’s slopes each day, carrying heavy loads of bricks and coal on their shoulders, buried treasure still waiting to be found, Kowloon’s vanishing hills, and many more.

David runs the award-winning local history website Gwulo, home to over 25,000 photos of old Hong Kong.

Part of a five-volume series; to see the other books, click here.

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Volume 5: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell

HK$168.00
USD: US$21.51
CNY: CN¥155.74
GBP: £16.84
EUR: €19.80
AUD: AU$32.33
CAD: CA$29.34
JPY: ¥3,380
Not your typical photo book!

Meet the people of old Hong Kong through these rare photos, dating from the 1950s right back to the 1880s. There are cobblers, conjurors, compradores, croquet players, soldiers, sailors, Scottish golfers, hawkers, a Hungarian motorcyclist, and more! Who among them called Hong Kong ‘home’? Join David Bellis to find out, as he uncovers clues in the photos’ details that reveal each person’s story.

David runs Gwulo.com, the award-winning local history website with over 30,000 photos of old Hong Kong.

Part of a five-volume series; to see the other books, click here.

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