Kawakami Sumio Sakuhin-shu [Collection of works by Kawakami Sumio].

£1,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A posthumous publication celebrating the life and work of Kawakami Sumio (1895-1972). The first edition was printed the previous year, in 1974. The present copy is one of the second, but far superior editions. Only 100 copies were made, and they were decadently bound in leather with a woodblock print laid in. Additionally, this edition comes with three special edition woodblock prints.

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