MAPS. – Karel WEISS (publisher). Hong Kong Guide. Hong Kong: Graphic Press, 1932. Fourth edition, small 8vo (138 x 118mm.) 20 photographic plates, 42 maps, many folding, numerous advertisements, list of advertisers to rear pastedown. (Toning, occasional pencil annotation.) Original red cloth-backed boards (damp-stained, lower hinge weakened). Note: scarce. Aside from detailed and useful practical information, and some historical context (especially on the ‘Chronological History of Hong Kong’s Trade’), this is a guidebook for the tourist with money to spend. It includes a list of ballrooms, theatres, vegetable markets, cinemas, restaurants, hotels, nightspots, a few blanks leaves reserved for ‘Shopping Lists’, and also 2pp. to ‘Suggestions For Gifts’ for loved ones (‘Diamonds’). Provenance: P. Clift (pencil inscribed to front-free endpaper).