(China, Hong Kong, Asia, British Royal Navy, British Forces ...

Hammer

£3,400

(China, Hong Kong, Asia, British Royal Navy, British Forces Overseas Hong Kong.) An early 20th Century photograph album c.1901-1905, containing 365+ mounted photographs, mainly of China and Hong Kong, a few of Macau, the album with "H.J.A. McCaffery Views of China. Etc." in gilt to front cover, images depicting architectural, street amd topographical scenes, images of local populace/inhabitants, members of British colonial administration and navy/army at leisure, British Navy and other warships, various other ships and boats, etc, all images with contemporary manuscript pen & ink captions to card leaves of album, images include H.J.A McCaffery, The Peak tramway Hong Kong, Hong Kong Harbour from Bowen Road, Foochow and Harbour from Pagoda, Arrival of Prince Chun at Hong Kong, Guard of Honour to Prince Chun, Kowloon, Star Ferry Hong Kong, Dragon boat Canton, Des Voeux Road Hong Kong, Bowen Road Hospital under construction, Chinese flats Des Voeux Road, "Coolies lightening themselves", "Card Room: R.E. N.C.O.'s Mess Hong Kong, 5 story Pagoda Canton, City wall of Canton, Canton harbour, Macau, Peak Hotel Hong Kong, "Chung Yung Festival 28.10.03", "Chinese woman and child at Tsun-Wan", street in Tsun-Wan, Chinese boat woman, Hong Kong harbour from Kennedy road, "on board S.S. Solent", "No. 9a Praya East", Gleneally Hong Kong, panoramic photos of Shanghai Harbour and Bund, "The H.K. Regts. Mosque Kowloon", "on the Pearl River", various images "Our Picnic at Tsun-Wan Good Friday '03", several Macau including gardens, Praia Grande, harbour, Whampoa, Tai Hung gap, Tai Hung Joss House, , Tiger Island Pearl River, Pagoda near Whampoa, "A Chinese funeral", "Field workers near Chin-San", prisoner in stocks, "Licensed Pig Sty No. 201", Cap-si-Mun village, "Dhobies at work Tai Hung", Bay View Hotel Hong Kong, Lai-chi-kok, street in Shanghai, Wanchai gap HK, Happy Valley HK, pottery funerary urns caption "Potted ancestors", junks HK, view from Causeway Bay HK, large portrait "His Excellency Major General Sir William Julius Gascoigne KCMG General Officer Commanding South China 1898-1905", Mandarin's Palace Chin-san, Polo ground HK, several old Kowloon city, "A Shrimp paste maker Cap-si-mun", "The Piggeries: Kennedy Town", Canton, Coronation Arch HK (Wellington Barracks), off Sumatra, Sampans and Junks, Praya West HK, Nanking Road Shanghai, "A Fortune teller", "On the Hollywood Rd", several photos "The R.G.A. Sports at Hong Kong held at the Happey Valley ground", arrival of Sir Henry Blake in HK 1902, Ng Fook Sam, presentation of D.C. medals, HM naval yard HK, "The British (China) Squadron entering Lyemun Pass (500 yards wide) in "Line Thread" formation..", depicting British battleships, a few photos Ti-mo-shan mountain South China, Bowen Road including peak tramway, village of Stanley HK, "Natives collecting Butterfish", etc. etc., photos various sizes, average approx 8 x 10cm, but ranging from approx 4 x 8cm to approx 22 x 27cm, oblong folio album (boards approx. 26 x 33cm), rebacked contemporary half calf gilt