Life's Jewelry [Special Edition Handkerchief Set]/Koo Bohnchang
Bibliographic Details
- Title
- Everyday Treasures〔special edition〕/ くらしの宝石[特装版]
- Author
- Koo Bohnchang / 具 本昌(クー・ボンチャン)
- Editor
- Osamu Kushida / 櫛田 理(FRAGILE BOOKS)
- Designer
- Art direction by Nobuhiro Yamaguchi / 山口信博、Design by Nobuhiro Yamaguchi / 山口信博 + Ippei Tamai / 玉井一平、Binding design for BON BOOK series by Yoshihisa Tanaka / シリーズ造本設計:田中義久
- Director
- Publishing Director: Osamu Kushida / 企画+構成:櫛田 理
- Publisher
- FRAGILE BOOKS
- Year
- 2023
- Size
- w148 × h210 × d15mm
- Weight
- 280g
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- Japanese + English / 日本語+英語
- Binding
- Hardcover / ハードカバー
- Materials
- 表紙|大和板紙 UボードF 290g/m²の裏面をオモテに使用、見返し|NTラシャ・鼠、本文|b7トラネクスト 120.5㎏(紙厚198μm)
- Edition
- Limited 100 copies / 限定100冊
- Condition
- New
Based on the "second edition" of 2400 copies published by BONBOOK in 2023, this is the signed and numbered, special edition of limited 100 copies published by FRAGILE BOOKS. 100 copies include a handkerchief set, a stamp set, and an original print set. Translation by Sharon Hayashi, Louis Templado, Osamu Kushida/2023年にBONBOOKから刊行された2400部の «second edition» をベースに、FRAGILE BOOKSが出版したサインとシリアルナンバー入り、限定100冊の特装本。100冊の内訳には、ハンカチセット、切手セット、オリジナルプリントセットの3種類がある。 Translation by Sharon Hayashi, Louis Templado, Osamu Kushida/シャロン・林、ルイス・テンプラート、櫛田理
To the disappearing things,
I am attracted to it.
The soap, destined to disappear,
I naturally became a subject.
by Masaru Gumoto
A collection of "half-used soap" photographed by Korea's leading photographer Koo Bon-chan as his life's work. For the first time in 16 years, the book has been republished with a new look and with major changes to the photos and structure. The 112-page text includes 52 photographic images and a preface by the author and the book's designer, Yamaguchi Nobuhiro. At the end of the book,Includes a chronology of photographer Koo Bonchan.
The cover of the special edition is made of matte gray cardboard with small colored particles peeking through it, reminiscent of colorful soap. The custom-made paper box that holds the book has a different soap photo pasted in the center of the lid. All special edition books are autographed by Koo Bonchan. Three special sets are available, including a framed original print, a special handkerchief not yet released in Japan, and an original stamp.
Three types of sets
a. Original print set: ¥143,000JPY (tax included)
└Contents: 1 framed original print, 1 handkerchief, 4 stamps, custom box
→Click here for the product page
└Content:1 handkerchief, in a custom box


c. Commemorative stamp set: ¥6,000JPY (tax included)→ Sold out
└Contents: 4 x 84 yen postage stamps, in a specially made box

