Lafcadio Hearn
We are pleased to offer a selection of works by and about Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), journalist, writer and teacher, and one of a very few who introduced Japanese culture and literature to the West in the late nineteenth-century.
Catalogues
Greece, Turkey & the Ottoman World in Pictures 1813-1860: A selection from a private collection
Asia Bookroom presents a selection of pictorial material relating to Greece, Turkey and the Ottoman world from the collection of Dr John Robertson.
Turkey & the Ottoman World 1799-1908. A Selection from a Private Collection.
Asia Bookroom presents a selection of material relating to Turkey and the Ottoman world from the collection of Dr John Robertson.
Photography in Asia: 1860-1900. A selection from two private collections.
Asia Bookroom is delighted to offer photographs from two collections.
Treasures from the Studios of the Brothers Stone
Although already been sold as a collection, knowing how many people hold the work of sinologists David Hawkes, and his son-in-law, John Minford, in high esteem, we present here the opportunity to gain a different perspective on these scholars and their interest in China.
Hong Kong Photographers
This small catalogue of photographs and photo books offers two striking large Hong Kong Photographic Society salon exhibits circa 1955-60 by leading Chinese photographers Francis and Daisy Wu with a few books by Francis Wu.
Fun & Games for the New Year. Japanese Sugoroku.
Welcome to Asia Bookroom’s Japanese sugoroku catalogue which we have issued specifically to welcome in the New Year. Why a Japanese game catalogue at New Year? Sugoroku has a long history as a popular New Years Day family pastime. It was a day when the family were on holiday and able to spend time playing games including sugoroku.
Warlords, Northern Expedition & the Rise of the Kuomintang - Mingguo Political Posters
Asia Bookroom presents a collection of 14 rare KMT political propaganda posters issued by right-wing KMT departments in the late 1920s.