In good condition. Dust jacket covered with Mylar to protect it from further damage. Some soiling on dust jacket. Non-archival Scotch tape on back of front cover covering a rip. Small rip of back flap on back cover. Ephemera including a photograph of Sanko addressed to Dr. David Riesman at Harvard University. Personal letter to Dr. David Riesman addressed from Christmas 1970. Catalog of Sanko’s 1962 Japanese Exhibition with beautiful Gingko leaf pressed inside and inscription on back from Sanko. Also included is graph paper with Japanese lettering and a banner with gorgeous script from Sanko. Text block in nice shape. Binding tight and intact. Cloth is clean. Please see photos. 

Illustrated with 14 tipped in color plates and 72 b/w drawings. Sanko Inoue candidly shows his struggles to bring together the contradicting spirits of East and West. As a result, his works are a blending of the Tabae style of Japan and that of the abstract sculpture of Henry Moore. RAREW1959AHJA.