Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Split to gutter at rear hinge. Lower quarter of front panel of dust-jacket has heat damage, with melting and peeling to the lamiante and a 40 x 25mm chip with scorched margins. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover. ; 251, [3 (blank)] pages (with pagination including blank sides of the free endpapers). Black boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 298 x 276mm. New Zealand potter. Numerous colour photographic illustrations. Contents: Foreword; 1947-1955 The Salt-Glazed Pots; The 1950s Searching for a Personal Style; 'A Whole World of Beauty In Itself'; The 1960s Titirangi; 'Throwing' on the Potter's Wheel; Len Castle Potter by T. J. McNamara, 1969; 1966-1967 First Visit to Japan; Shina and Shino-Style Glazes; The 1970s Living and Potting Amongst Kauri Trees; Hand-Modelled Textured Forms; Avian Forms; Wax-Resist Decoration; Jun an Optical Blue Glaze; The Potter as Alchemist; Volcanic and Geothermal Series; 1980-1996 Titirangi 1997 - Warkworth; Earth Books; Sea Secrets and Fossils; Making the Molecules Dance; Ceramics in Architecture; The Clay Tribe by Galvan K. Macnamara and Helen Mason; Len Castle Artisan and Alchemist by Nancy Pel; Chronology; A Selective Bibliography; Len Castle - The Potter's Marks; Glazes. Seller Inventory # 26484

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Len Castle: potter

Castle, Len

Published by Sang Architects, 2002

ISBN 10: 0473087103 ISBN 13: 9780473087104

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Seller: HPB-Red, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

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hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_336080433

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Len Castle Potter SIGNED

Castle, Len; Pel, Nancy

Published by Ron Sang & Associates, Auckland, New Zealand, 2002

ISBN 10: 0473087103 ISBN 13: 9780473087104

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Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand

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Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. It has over 170 colour plates, which provide a chronologically arranged record of Castle's oeuvre between 1947 and 2001. Len Castle has also created several photo essays to illustrate themes such as 'the potter as an alchemist' and ceramics from 'volcanic and geothermal landscapes'. Alongside the photographs the book has written contributions from Ron Sang, Nancy Pel, Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins and Galvan MacNamara, as well as from Len Castle himself.CONDITION Black bds with gilt title, 251 pages illustrated through out, Signed to first blank to illus paste on plate by Len Castle to Joe (Graham) and Naida Pope. Unworn copy DJ unworn apart from faint shelf scuff. OVERSIZED Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 17118

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