[Rarebooks] FS: Le Nestour/Sumiyoshi. Mystery of Things

[Isabel's Books]

For Sale:
 

Le Nestour, Patrik (text) and Akeji Sumiyoshi (calligraphy-paintings). With the collaboration of Audie Bock. The Mystery of Things: Evocations of the Japanese Supernatural, Seventeen Natural-Dye Calligraph Paintings. New York & Tokyo: John Weatherhill, 1972. First edition, limited to 183 copies (this is copy 51). With 17 original calligraphy paintings tipped in. Signed and sealed by the author and artist. 16.5X12.75 inches. Quarter red top-grain goatskin, stamped in genuine gold with black hemp cloth. Small cryptomeria wood panel inset to cover. In thin cryptomeria wood-lined black hemp cloth folding case with bamboo clasps. Kozo label on case. Book in a plastic cover. Red endpapers. 123 pages. Book design and typography by Meredith Weatherby. Composed and hand-printed by Kenkyushu of Tokyo. Hand-made Japanese papers.  A stunningly beautiful book. Fine. $800.00 postpaid.

 

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Michael

Michael Levine-Clark
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