Seaports of the Far East

Historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures & resources. London : W. H. & L. Collingridge 1925. Second edition. Quarto, gilt-decorated green cloth (slightly discoloured, lightly rubbed), edges speckled blue, pp. 530, extensively illustrate with black and white photographs, colour map, a fine copy.

A highly detailed guide to commercial businesses in East Asia during the interwar period, with chapters dedicated to Shanghai, Tientsin, Hankow, Hong Kong, Batavia, Sourbaya [Surabaya], Semarang, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Penang, Siam, Bangkok etc. It includes several hundred descriptions of firms such as Jardine, Lane Crawford etc. as well as descriptions of the cities and a guide to life there as a an expatriate.