Lavish large format hardback publication by Thames and Hudson on the puppets in the Lin Liu-Hsin Puppet Theatre Museum in Taipei. This is one of the world's finest collections of Asian theatre puppets and artifacts. The book is written by Paul Lin and Robin Ruizendaal, photographed by Wang Hanshun and supported by the Asian Cultural Council. It is organised into photo chapters classified by puppet types: glove, rod, string, shadow (pp.18-314) accompanied by a final chapter of descriptions. This book will become a Collector's item but will be equally at home gracing the coffee table in your lounge or local library and contains some of the best photographs ever taken of Asian puppets.
353 illustrations (301 in colour), p.353.