Kenna, Michael and Kohtaro Iizawa
Japan
Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2003. Hardcover First edition 4to, (108) pp. Bound in red silk and housed in a black silk folder with imitation bone pin ties. A fine, immaculate copy of the first edition, one of 4000 copies, illustrated with 93 tritone plates. With an introduction in both Japanese and English by Iizawa. The handsome and austere construction of the book makes for one of the best pairings of content and presentation in recent years. A modern classic.
[Bookseller: Adam & Kate Davis, Booksellers]
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