£300 - £500
(Signed and Inscribed) Bernard Leach Kenzan's Edo Densho (1964 facsimile edition), string bound with a paper label on the front wrap bearing Bernard Leach's initials and date handwritten. The front free endpaper includes an inscription: 'Exact reproduction of the Edo Densho described & translated in my book Kenzan and His Tradition. These are Ninsei's notes written out in black by Kenzan whose own comments are added in red ink', The work is housed in a card case, also initialed and dated by Leach, accompanied by a supplemental booklet by Yamato Bunkakan. Both are enclosed in a cloth clamshell box, in a fine condition. Bernard Leach. 'Kenzan and His Tradition. The Lives and Times of Koetsu, Sotatsu, Korin and Kenzan,' first edition, unclipped dj, illustrations throughout, vg to fine, Faber and Fabe, London, 1961. The Borough of St. Ives, Cornwall booklets for Barbara Hepworth & Bernard Leach to commemorate the conferment of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough, 1968. In the original acetate slipcase. 'Bernard Leach Ceramics-Oriental Objects d'Art,' sales catalogue, W. H. Lane & Son, Thursday 29th May 1980, Penzanze. (5)
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