A visual journey through the quintessential city - brash and beautiful, frenzied but farcical, tenaciously traditional yet at the same time aggressively modern. This updated edition of FormAsia's award-winning books concludes with the dramatic end of a 156-year history: the final hours of Hong Kong as a British territory, and its momentous handover to the sovereignty of China at midnight on a memorable rain-drenched Monday 30 June 1997.

HONG KONG: Great Cities Of The World

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Formasia Books Ltd

A history of the city derived from its architecture from Manchu days through to the exciting 90s. Hong Kong's ever changing cityscape is breathtaking, not only for its nocturnal glitter as seen from the heights of Victoria Peak but for the architectural diversity of its shimmering towers of commerce. This remarkable sweep of history is captured in stunning photography, and supported with a lively and evocative essay by historian and travel writer Jan Morris.

Building Hong Kong

MORRIS, JAN

Last Prize documents the values of Hong Kong's colonial past and reflects them with striking images of Hong Kong today as it shapes its future as part of the China of tomorrow. 
The colonial island of Hong Kong began its dramatic transformation as one of the spoils of the notorious Opium Wars, but its dubious birth was soon forgotten as the fast-growing entrept became one of the glittering prizes of Empire. 
This award-winning book, now in its 4th revised edition matches and contrasts sepia images of early Hong Kong with breathtaking contemporary photography.

Hong Kong: The Last Prize of Empire

Travel

Wiltshire, Trea

Asia

The Taipan Traders

History

LAWRENCE, ANTHONY

At sunset on that memorable Monday 30 June 1997, when the Union Jack was lowered from Government House for the final time, Hong Kong had been ruled by no less than 28 British Governors and two Japanese Generals. This book describes with colourful and surprising insight the life and times of these men who ruled the colony from Upper Albert Road, (Government House) since 1841.

EXCELLENCY: The Governors of Hong Kong

Spurr, Russell

The pages of this latest FormAsia title reveal the end of a proud and colourful colonial era. Each prized object featured tells an absorbing story - the faded and fragile Colours of the Volunteers buried during the dark years of occupation; the charred remains of the Union Jack salvaged from the burning luxury liner Queen Elizabeth; the Victorian medal commemorating the extraordinary siege of Peking. More than 200 prized objects as diverse as flags, swords, trophies and regimental regalia, crested china and silver that adorned countless glittering occasions at Government House form part of this collection. As a "collection" it will never be seen again having disappeared with the last vestiges of the colonial presence. However its survival in the pages of this appealing book tells a remarkable story.

The Hong Kong Collection: Memorabilia of a Colonial Era

Arts & Photography

Cameron, Nigel

Hase, Patrick H.

Photography & Video

Mao Memorabilia: The Man and the Myth

Pan, Lynn.

This special presentation edition of Old Hong Kong in three volumes traces the fascinating story of the British Crown Colony from its birth in an age of Empire to its return to Chinese sovereignty at midnight on a rain-drenched Monday, 30 June 1997. 
This extraordinary story is set against the backdrop of the demise of China's last dynasty; the birth of the People's Republic of China; the rising power of Japan; and finally the resurgence of Hong Kong in the twilight of the British Empire. 
Within these three volumes an amazing collection of rare, unpublished photographs has been assembled for the first time from the world's great libraries, museums, archives and private collections. Together they form an unmatched record of the history of the colonial island which, for 156 years, flew a foreign flag on the doorstep of China.

Old Hong Kong: Volume One (1860-1900), Volume Two (1901-1945), Volume Three (1950-30 June 1997)

Hong Kong's skyline is ever in transition, a flamboyant affirmation of this city's determination to let nothing stand in its way as it forges full steam ahead into the future. Such unquenchable aspirations produce a seemingly endless succession of architectural marvels, but leave too little trace of historical, driving spirit of a metropolis forever creating better and grander manirestations of itself, and as a reminder of whence it came, as enchrined in the few traces of antiquity that survive that headlong progress.

Skylines: Hong Kong

Moss, Peter

Peter Moss

Its symmetry so delights the eye that Classic Chinese furniture-whether genuine Ming dynasty masterpieces or well made reproductions - possesses a timeless quality that ensures it can never go out of fashion. Today it is enjoying a heightened revival of interest, both in Asia and the West. This volume celebrates the unique design and craftsmanship of Chinese furniture in the context of the evolving tastes of different generations of collectors. It explains why choice household objects, ranging from cabinets to canoppy beds, are as much a delight to behold as to use. An abundance of superb photographs illustrates a breathtaking resplendence of armchairs, beds, screens, and wardrobes, making this book in itself a collector's item for those who treasure style and grace in their homes.

Classical Chinese Furniture

Willy Wo-Lap Lam

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