ORIENTAL CERAMICS DISCOVERED IN THE PHILIPPINES - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Slipcased Edition/First Printing - ONLY COPY ONLINE

1st Printing. 250 pages. Published in 1967. Landmark Monograph. Pioneering and ground-breaking account on subject. One of the most valuable and beautiful books on the ceramic art and achievement of Asia ever published in the 20th century. The First Hardcover Slipcased Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade editions, both hardcover and softcover. Published in a tiny print run as a slipcased hardcover original only. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now rare. The book is very beautifully produced: Oversize-volume format. Pale gray linen cloth boards with gilt titles on cover and spine, as issued. Text by Leandro and Cecilia Locsin. Stunning Photographs of the collection. Integral hard board slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Tokyo, Japan to the highest standards. The production values are exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Leandro and Cecilia Locsin's "Oriental Ceramics Discovered In The Philippines". Showcases the magnificent private collection of the late Philippine National Artist Leandro Locsin and his wife. Their home in Forbes Park was designed by the architect FOR the collection, whose importance cannot be overestimated: Ceramics from Chinese Dynasties as well as the ancient Sukhothai Kingdom (of present-day Thailand) whose quality is breathtaking and unsurpassed. The couple financed the diggings themselves in the Santa Ana District, which yielded most of the pieces, further supplemented with acquisitions from Puerto Galera and other sites in the Philippines. This volume is valuable because it is a very early precursor, preceding by decades in some cases, the plethora of books published in our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Asian ceramic collectors. This title is a great art book. It is one of very few books on its subject that are truly collectible in their own right. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Slipcased Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white and color plates. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO "CHINESE AND ANNAMESE CERAMICS FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES AND INDONESIA" TITLE IN OUR CATALOG).…