[Rarebooks] FS - Signed Bernard Leach

[GREENFIELD BOOKS]

Greenfield Books is pleased to offer a signed copy of the limited 
edition book entitled /DRAWINGS VERSE & BELIEF/ by the famed English 
potter and Orientalist, Bernard Leach. Terms of Sale at end.

.    LEACH, Bernard. /DRAWINGS VERSE & BELIEF/. Near fine condition in 
slightly scuffed and soiled; else vg slipcase. Published  by Jupiter 
Books, London. 1973. Illustrated by the author's sketches, etchings and 
drawings. 8vo, pp. 111. "This
specially bound edition .. is limited to 500 copies signed by the 
author. This is no. 477."

Bernard Howell Leach (1887-1979) studied at the Slade School under Henry 
Tonks and Frank Brangwyn. In 1908, he travelled to Japan and exhibited 
his etchings. He later studied pottery and returned to England in 1920 
with his friend and fellow potter, Shoji Hamada. He established himself 
at St. Ives, in Cornwall, where he taught pottery, and wrote a number of
successful books on the subject. Two films have been produced of Leach's 
work: "A Potter's World" (BBC, 1960) and a 1974 Japanese film. This 
limited edition copy is signed by the author/artist on the special 
numbered publisher's bookplate, which is affixed to the front pastedown 
of the book.

Price: $225.00.

Terms of Sale - The price is net in US funds. Payment by check or credit 
card (MasterCard, VISA, AMEX). Postage and packing $7 in North America; 
$15 for air mail overseas. Returnable within seven days if not as 
described.

 
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