Published by Ian Whittlesea, London, 2011
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Fine. Postcard. A beautifully printed facsimile of the 1960s Yves Klein business card for his Judo Academy of Paris. Klein studied Judo in Japan, and was the highest grade black belt in Europe. Text in English. Black & red letterpress on cream stock 55 x 88mm. Made and exhibited by the London artist Ian Whittlesea in an edition (unnumbered) of 250.Undated (2011).
Published by The Everyday Press, London, 2009
ISBN 10: 0956173802 ISBN 13: 9780956173805
Seller: Test Centre Books, Norwich, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English Edition. One of 1500 copies. 8vo. Wrappers. 224pp. 'In 1952 the 24-year-old Yves Klein left Paris for Japan, to pursue his first love; not art but judo. After becoming one of very few Europeans to receive a coveted 4th dan black belt from the Kodokan in Tokyo, Klein returned to France and opened the Judo Academie de Paris. In 1954 the prestigious firm of Grasset published his book "Les Fondements du Judo", illustrated with hundreds of photographs of Klein and the leading Japanese teachers demonstrating the six major Kata of judo. Now this extraordinary work has finally been translated into English.' The present edition is a 'transimile', that is a translation and, as far as is practicable, a facsimile, retaining the photographs and diagrams as well as unusual layout and typesetting, adding in supplementary texts from the 2nd French edition (2006). Near Fine, with just light signs of use, in slightly lesser jacket, moderately rubbed and marked, the lower panel with a fairly unobtrusive scratch.
Published by Everyday Press, London, 2009
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Near fine. Yves Klein, The Foundations of Judo book, business card and flyer, The Everyday Press, London, 2009. 225 x 140mm. 22pp. book with printed wraps. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Text in English (translated from the French by Ian Whittlesea). 1st English edition. First published in France by Grasset in 1954. Together with a business card (55 x 88mm, letterpress printed black and red on cream stock): a facsimile produced by Whittlesea of a card used by Yves Klein for his Judo Academy in Paris in the 1960s; and a flyer (99 x 209mm folded): an invitation to the launch of the book on 6 March 2009 at Donlon Books, London. Yves Klein studied judo in Japan before establishing his Judo Academy in Paris. At the time, he was the highest-grade black belt in all of Europe. On the verso of the English translation of Klein's treatise on judo, one pullquote from the artist and judo-master reads: 'Judo is, in fact, the discovery by the human body of a spiritual space'. Condition: book and business card in fine condition; some light handling marks to flyer; no tears or writing to any of the items. Overall: Near fine.