Religion & Philosophy - Recent Arrivals
A selection of recent arrivals relating to Islam, Buddhism, Shinto and Christian Missionaries in English and Indonesian.
Catalogues
Maps of Asia: A Selection of Significant, Rare, and Curious Cartographic Material
This selection is led by a highly detailed 1906 map of Korea issued by the Japanese Regency-General, notable for its extensive contemporary English annotations and its documentation of the transfer of control over the communications network . Other highlights include a striking 1937 Japanese pictorial map of East Asia reflecting wartime perspectives, a Chinese Cultural Revolution-era map of Europe featuring Albania, and a 1923 map of the Great Kantō Earthquake. Also included are vintage tourist and commercial maps, from interwar Japan to Southeast Asia in the 1960s–70s.
Antiquarian
A wide variety of subjects and formats: including some classic British India colour plate works, a beautiful complete set of 200 manuscript Japanese poetry cards for the game of Hyakunin Isshu in original wooden box, old prints of Shanghai, through to a collection of 8 anti-Vietnam war protest prints by Australian artists.
Indonesia
Some recent Indonesia related arrivals at Asia Bookroom, largely mid to late 20th century books and ephemera in both English and Indonesian.
Mid April 2026 China List
Books, posters and ephemera in English and Chinese.
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.