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  • Book cover image: Tell Me A Story, by Kevin Sinclair

    Tell Me a Story: Forty Years of Newspapering in Hong Kong and China

    HK$200.00
    • USD: US$25.54
    • CNY: CN¥185.40
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  • Book cover image: Hong Kong Apothecary - a Visual History of Chinese Medicine Packaging, by Simon Go

    Hong Kong Apothecary: A Visual History of Chinese Medicine Packaging

    HK$390.00
    • USD: US$49.80
    • CNY: CN¥361.53
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    • EUR: €45.96
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  • Book cover image: OBJECTS OF THE DRAGON KILN, by the by Hong Kong Dragon Kiln Concern Group

    Objects of the Dragon Kiln

    HK$180.00
    • USD: US$22.98
    • CNY: CN¥166.86
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    • EUR: €21.21
    • AUD: AU$34.64
    • CAD: CA$31.43
    • JPY: ¥3,621
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    Book cover image: bundle of 5 "China Revisited" books

    China Revisited – a book bundle

    HK$400.00 Original price was: HK$400.00.HK$320.00Current price is: HK$320.00.
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  • King Hui: The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong (ebook)

    HK$78.00
    • USD: US$9.96
    • CNY: CN¥72.31
    • GBP: £7.82
    • EUR: €9.19
    • AUD: AU$15.01
    • CAD: CA$13.62
    • JPY: ¥1,569
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  • 中国早期高尔夫 1870-1950 — 现代高尔夫运动如何从苏格兰传入中国

    中国早期高尔夫 1870-1950 — 现代高尔夫运动如何从苏格兰传入中国

    HK$388.00
    • USD: US$49.54
    • CNY: CN¥359.68
    • GBP: £38.90
    • EUR: €45.72
    • AUD: AU$74.66
    • CAD: CA$67.76
    • JPY: ¥7,805
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  • Book cover image: A Murder in Yunnan, by David Leffman

    A Murder in Yunnan: The Unsolved Killing of a British Diplomat on China’s Southwestern Frontier

    HK$138.00
    • USD: US$17.62
    • CNY: CN¥127.93
    • GBP: £13.83
    • EUR: €16.26
    • AUD: AU$26.55
    • CAD: CA$24.10
    • JPY: ¥2,776
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    Book cover images: The Mercenary Mandarin, and A Murder in Yunnan, by David Leffman

    David Leffman’s China book bundle

    HK$276.00 Original price was: HK$276.00.HK$220.80Current price is: HK$220.80.
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  • Book cover image - The Slightest Chance

    The Slightest Chance

    HK$118.00
    • USD: US$15.07
    • CNY: CN¥109.39
    • GBP: £11.83
    • EUR: €13.91
    • AUD: AU$22.71
    • CAD: CA$20.61
    • JPY: ¥2,374
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  • Book cover image: Wanderings in China, by Constance Gordon-Cumming

    Wanderings in China: Hong Kong and Canton, Christmas and New Year, 1878/1879

    HK$80.00
    • USD: US$10.21
    • CNY: CN¥74.16
    • GBP: £8.02
    • EUR: €9.43
    • AUD: AU$15.39
    • CAD: CA$13.97
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    Book cover images: Destination series bundle by Paul French

    Paul French’s Destinations – a book bundle

    HK$414.00 Original price was: HK$414.00.HK$331.20Current price is: HK$331.20.
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  • Book cover image - Farewell My Colony

    Farewell, My Colony: Last Days in the Life of British Hong Kong

    HK$128.00
    • USD: US$16.34
    • CNY: CN¥118.66
    • GBP: £12.83
    • EUR: €15.08
    • AUD: AU$24.63
    • CAD: CA$22.35
    • JPY: ¥2,575
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  • Book cover image: Early Golf In China, 1870-1950, by Wayne Xing and Christoph Meister

    Early Golf in China, 1870-1950: How Modern Golf Spread from Scotland to China

    HK$388.00
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    • CNY: CN¥359.68
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    • EUR: €45.72
    • AUD: AU$74.66
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  • Explore Macau: A walking guide and history

    HK$98.00
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    • CNY: CN¥90.85
    • GBP: £9.82
    • EUR: €11.55
    • AUD: AU$18.86
    • CAD: CA$17.11
    • JPY: ¥1,971
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  • Book cover image: Love, Money and Friendships

    Love, Money and Friendships

    HK$148.00
    • USD: US$18.90
    • CNY: CN¥137.20
    • GBP: £14.84
    • EUR: €17.44
    • AUD: AU$28.48
    • CAD: CA$25.85
    • JPY: ¥2,977
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  • Book cover image: Roving Through Southern China, by Harry A Franck

    Roving Through Southern China: An American’s Explorations of Hong Kong, Macao and Canton in the early 1920s

    HK$80.00
    • USD: US$10.21
    • CNY: CN¥74.16
    • GBP: £8.02
    • EUR: €9.43
    • AUD: AU$15.39
    • CAD: CA$13.97
    • JPY: ¥1,609
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  • Book cover image: The Mystic Flowery Land, by Charles JH Halcombe

    The Mystic Flowery Land: A Curious Imperial Maritime Customs Officer’s Roamings in Hong Kong and Canton in Southern China’s Plague Year

    HK$80.00
    • USD: US$10.21
    • CNY: CN¥74.16
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    • EUR: €9.43
    • AUD: AU$15.39
    • CAD: CA$13.97
    • JPY: ¥1,609
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  • Lama of the Gobi: How Mongolia’s mystic monk spread Tibetan Buddhism in the world’s harshest desert

    HK$118.00
    • USD: US$15.07
    • CNY: CN¥109.39
    • GBP: £11.83
    • EUR: €13.91
    • AUD: AU$22.71
    • CAD: CA$20.61
    • JPY: ¥2,374
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  • Book cover image: Where Strange Gods Call, by Harry Hervey

    Where Strange Gods Call: Harry Hervey’s 1920s Hong Kong, Macao and Canton Sojourns

    HK$80.00
    • USD: US$10.21
    • CNY: CN¥74.16
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    • EUR: €9.43
    • AUD: AU$15.39
    • CAD: CA$13.97
    • JPY: ¥1,609
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  • Book cover image: LING-NAM, by Benjamin Couch 'BC' Henry

    LING-NAM: Hong Kong, Canton and Hainan Island in the 1880s

    HK$80.00
    • USD: US$10.21
    • CNY: CN¥74.16
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    • EUR: €9.43
    • AUD: AU$15.39
    • CAD: CA$13.97
    • JPY: ¥1,609
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  • Book cover image: Octopus, The Pioneering Story of the World’s First Contactless Payment Card

    Octopus: The Pioneering Story of the World’s First Contactless Payment Card

    HK$238.00
    • USD: US$30.39
    • CNY: CN¥220.63
    • GBP: £23.86
    • EUR: €28.05
    • AUD: AU$45.80
    • CAD: CA$41.56
    • JPY: ¥4,788
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  • Book cover image: Searching for Billie, by Ian Gill

    Searching for Billie: A journalist’s quest to understand his mother’s past leads him to discover a vanished China

    HK$148.00
    • USD: US$18.90
    • CNY: CN¥137.20
    • GBP: £14.84
    • EUR: €17.44
    • AUD: AU$28.48
    • CAD: CA$25.85
    • JPY: ¥2,977
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  • Book cover image: Paper Horses Traditional Woodblock Prints of Gods from Northern China, by David Leffman

    Paper Horses: Traditional Woodblock Prints of Gods from Northern China

    HK$288.00
    • USD: US$36.77
    • CNY: CN¥266.98
    • GBP: £28.87
    • EUR: €33.94
    • AUD: AU$55.42
    • CAD: CA$50.29
    • JPY: ¥5,794
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  • Book cover image: A Danger Shared, by Melville Jacoby and Bill Lascher

    A Danger Shared: A Journalist’s Glimpses of a Continent at War

    HK$450.00
    • USD: US$57.46
    • CNY: CN¥417.15
    • GBP: £45.11
    • EUR: €53.03
    • AUD: AU$86.59
    • CAD: CA$78.58
    • JPY: ¥9,053
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  • Book cover image: Volume 3, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, by David Bellis from Gwulo

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

    HK$168.00
    • USD: US$21.45
    • CNY: CN¥155.74
    • GBP: £16.84
    • EUR: €19.80
    • AUD: AU$32.33
    • CAD: CA$29.34
    • JPY: ¥3,380
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