De ontdekking van Japan. (DEDICATED and SIGNED)

Since 1959 Ed VAN DER ELSKEN went 15 times to Japan. A selection of the photographs made in Japan have been published in this book. Text also by VAN DER ELSKEN. Designed by Max Kisman Grafische Vormgevers Associatie Amsterdam.

Lit.: Heiting, Dutch photo publications 1918-1980, page 463. This copy has been dedicated by Ed VAN DER ELSKEN to “Freddy” (DE VREE (1939- 2004), Belgian poet, essayist and radio producer.

• Amsterdam, Fragment Uitgeverij, 1988
• Square folio (300 x 300 mm.) 174 pp
• Grey cloth-covered boards, with the title, the name of the Dutch photographer and the red heart of the Japanese flag blind-stamped on the front cover, and an illustrated dust jacket
• Complete with the stapled booklet Ratatouille Japonica, also by VAN DER ELSKEN (36 pp.), texts as well as photos
• First edition
• 228 black & white photos