Esias Bosch Tapa dura - 1988

(Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 1988) 0947430067. Number 911 of an edition limited to 2600 copies. 4to; original rust-coloured cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper and matching laminated pictorial slipcase; pp. 191; lavishly illustrated in full colour, also with some monochrome photographs from the artist's life. Slipcase a little bumped; light bump to top fore-corner of upper board. Very good condition. "Esias Bosch, South Africa's most distinguished ceramic artist, has received international acclaim for his work. This superbly illustrated book - published in the year of his 65th birthday - pays tribute to an extraordinary man and artist, documenting the main stages in his life and career and providing a fascinating insight into his working methods, ideas on ceramics, and personal philosophy." .