LOT 60
'BERNARD LEACH', EDITOR HAMADA SHOJI
Asahi Shimbun Publishing Company, 1966
Signed by Bernard Leach, dated 1973. 128 plates, of which 32 are coloured, original canvas binding Seibi-do/Kiyomi-do, gilt; original card box by Kato Boxing. Text in Japanese and English. Foreword by Bernard Leach, essays by Soetsu Yanagi and Shoji Hamada, and a brief chronology. Together with a copy of handwritten notes by Bernard Leach dated 1953.
Together with a quantity of other books relating to Bernard Leach - 'The Unknown Craftsman', Soetsu Yanagi, Kodansha International Ltd 1972, First Edition, signed Bernard Leach 1973; 'Bernard Leach Beyond East and West', Bernard Leach, Faber & Faber 1978, First Edition, signed Bernard Leach; 'Drawings Verse and Belief', Bernard Leach, Adams & Dart 1973, First Edition, signed Bernard Leach; 'A Potter in Japan', Bernard Leach, Faber & Faber 1960, First Edition; 'A Potter's Book', Bernard Leach, Faber & Faber, 1969; 'Exhibition of the Art of Bernard Leach', The Ohara Museum of Art & Asahi Shimbun, 1980,
PROVENANCE: The Berkeley Collection
CONDITION: Lead item: Good condition, the box with some ware, other books in fair condition
Estimate :
£200 - £300
SOLD
Hammer Price:
£800
Bidding Ended :
Thursday, 15 November 2012 15:02:54