I suspect I’m more interesting as a communicator than a writer. I suppose I can say or write things fairly clearly and that’s a useful skill. I’m not a theoretical writer – I have knowledge of, and grasp of, theory but when, for example, I write about pots, I write as a maker, as a practitioner and that’s a very different viewpoint.
A HANDBOOK OF POTTERY
YEAR: 1970
PUBLISHER: Longman (Hardback)
CONTENT: For pottery beginners and a guide to teaching pottery in schools.
NOTE: As the first book it holds a special place in my affections. [Emmanuel Cooper]
TAKING UP POTTERY
YEAR: 1972
PUBLISHER: Arthur Barker (Hardback)
CONTENT: For the unskilled beginner
NOTE: Mr Cooper writes with knowledge and experience – and without fuss. [Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie]
A HISTORY OF POTTERY
YEAR: 1972
PUBLISHER: Longman (Hardback)
CONTENT: A history of world pottery
NOTE: Emmanuel Cooper has produced something we have never had before, and which was badly needed – a history…from the point of view of a potter and teacher. [Michael Cardew]
NEW CERAMICS
YEAR: 1974
PUBLISHER: Studio Vista (Hardback)
CONTENT: Collection of essays on new directions in ceramics edited by Emmanuel Cooper and Eileen Lewenstein.
NOTE: The best survey of its kind to appear in recent years [The Times]
POTTERY
YEAR: 1976
PUBLISHER: McDonald (Paperback)
CONTENT: History of ceramics plus basic information for the pottery beginner
NOTE: Exceptionally clear and well illustrated. [Evening Standard].
POTTENBAKKEN [POTTERY]
YEAR: 1976
PUBLISHER: Spectrum (Paperback)
CONTENT: History of ceramics plus basic information for the pottery beginner
NOTE: Dutch language edition of 'Pottery' (see above)
LA POTERIE [POTTERY]
YEAR: 1976/1980
PUBLISHER: Gamma (Paperback)
CONTENT: History of ceramics plus basic information for the pottery beginner
NOTE: French language edition of 'Pottery' (see above). Also republished by Gamma in 1980
CERAMICA [POTTERY]
YEAR: 1976
PUBLISHER: Parramon, Barcelona (softback)
CONTENT: History of ceramics plus basic information for the pottery beginner
NOTE: Spanish language edition of ‘Pottery'
BOK OM KERAMIK [POTTERY]
YEAR: 1976
PUBLISHER: LiberForlag (softback)
CONTENT: History of ceramics plus basic information for the pottery beginner
NOTE: Swedish language edition of ‘Pottery'
SERAMIK [POTTERY]
YEAR: 1978
PUBLISHER: Remzi Kitabev, Istanbul. (Softback)
CONTENT: History of ceramics plus basic information for the pottery beginner
NOTE: Turkish language edition of ‘Pottery’.
TÖPFERN [POTTERY]
YEAR: 1979
PUBLISHER: Ravenburger (Hardback)
CONTENT: History of ceramics plus basic information for the pottery beginner
NOTE: German language edition of 'Pottery' (see above).
GLAZES FOR THE STUDIO POTTER
YEAR: 1978
PUBLISHER: Batsford (Hardback)
CONTENT: All aspects of making, applying functional and decorative glazes for studio potters.
NOTE: …this masterly exposition of glaze technology for the studio potter.
[David Leach]
GLAZES FOR THE STUDIO POTTER (Reprint)
YEAR: 1984
PUBLISHER: Batsford (Paperback)
CONTENT: All aspects of making, applying functional and decorative glazes for studio potters.
NOTE: …this masterly exposition of glaze technology for the studio potter.
[David Leach]
GLAZES FOR THE STUDIO POTTER (Reprint)
YEAR: 1992
PUBLISHER: Batsford (Paperback)
CONTENT: All aspects of making, applying functional and decorative glazes for studio potters.
NOTE: …this masterly exposition of glaze technology for the studio potter.
[David Leach]
GLAZES FOR THE STUDIO POTTER (Japan)
YEAR: 1995
PUBLISHER: Japan Publications Inc (Hardback)
CONTENT: All aspects of making, applying functional and decorative glazes for studio potters.
NOTE: Japanese language edition of 'Glazes for the Studio Potter’.
THE POTTER'S BOOK OF GLAZE RECIPES
YEAR: 1980
PUBLISHER: Batsford (Hardback)
CONTENT: 500 glaze recipes plus information and advice for potters
NOTE: …a most valuable and innovative contribution to the library of works on glaze. [Crafts]
HANDBUCH DER KERAMIKGLASUR
[THE POTTER'S BOOK OF GLAZE RECIPES]
YEAR: 1983
PUBLISHER: Ravensburger (Hardback)
CONTENT: 500 glaze recipes plus information and advice for potters
NOTE: German language edition of ‘The Potter’s Book of Glaze Recipes'.
MANUAL DE BARNICES CERÁMICOS
[THE POTTER'S BOOK OF GLAZE RECIPES]
YEAR: 1982
PUBLISHER: Omega (Hardback)
CONTENT: 500 glaze recipes plus information and advice for potters
NOTE: Spanish language edition of ‘The Potter’s Book of Glaze Recipes’.
KERAMIKGLASYRER
[THE POTTER'S BOOK OF GLAZE RECIPES]
YEAR: 1982
PUBLISHER: ICA Bokforlag (Hardback)
CONTENT: 500 glaze recipes plus information and advice for potters
NOTE: Swedish language edition of ‘The Potter’s Book of Glaze Recipes’.
A HISTORY OF WORLD POTTERY
YEAR: 1981
PUBLISHER: Batsford (Hardback) Second Edition
CONTENT: Re-written content and additional images.
NOTE: ...an extremely attractive book for practising potters seeking inspiration in design. [Art & Antiques]
HISTORIA DE LA CERAMICA
[A HISTORY OF WORLD POTTERY]
YEAR: 1987
PUBLISHER: Ceac (Hardback)
CONTENT: Re-written content and additional images.
NOTE: Spanish language edition of the 1981 edition of ‘ A History of World Pottery'.
ELECTRIC KILN POTTERY
YEAR: 1982
PUBLISHER: Batsford (Hardback)
CONTENT: All aspects of firing pots in an electric kiln.
NOTE: Lucie Rie offered me glaze recipes…the first book to give such comprehensive information. [Making Emmanuel Cooper]
COOPER'S BOOK OF GLAZE RECIPES
YEAR: 1987
PUBLISHER: Batsford (Hardback)
CONTENT: 1000 glazes for the studio potter.
NOTE: A sure-fire success story [Ham & High]
RECETAS DE BARNICES PARA CERAMISTAS
[COOPER'S BOOK OF GLAZE RECIPES]
YEAR: 1988
PUBLISHER: Omega (Hardback)
CONTENT: 1000 glazes for the studio potter.
NOTE: Spanish language edition of 'Cooper's Book of Glaze Recipes'
COOPER'S BOOK OF GLAZE RECIPES (Japan)
YEAR: 1993
PUBLISHER: Japan Publications (Hardback)
CONTENT: 1000 glazes for the studio potter.
NOTE: Japanese language edition of ‘Cooper’s Book of Glaze Recipes’.
A HISTORY OF WORLD POTTERY
[REVISED AND UPDATED THIRD EDITION]
YEAR: 1988
PUBLISHER: Batsford (Softback)
CONTENT: Re-written content and additional images.
NOTE: Brilliantly assembled…work of reference, rich in information and sensitively collated by a craftsman potter. [Art & Craft]
A HISTORY OF WORLD POTTERY
[REVISED AND UPDATED THIRD EDITION - JAPAN]
YEAR: 1987
PUBLISHER: Japan publications Inc (Hardback)
CONTENT: Re-written content and additional images.
NOTE: Japanese language edition of third edition of ‘A History of World Pottery’.
THE COMPLETE POTTER: GLAZES
YEAR: 1992
PUBLISHER: Batsford (Hardback)
CONTENT: A guide to glazing for studio potters
NOTE: This book was part of a series devoted to pottery skills for which Cooper was the Series Editor.
HISTORIA DE LA CERAMICA [HISTORY OF POTTERY]
YEAR: 1999
PUBLISHER: Ceac (Softback)
CONTENT: A History of World Pottery
NOTE: Spanish language edition of A History of World Pottery (UK 1988)
TEN THOUSAND YEARS OF POTTERY [FOURTH EDITION]
YEAR: 2000
PUBLISHER: British Museum Press (Hardback/Softback)
CONTENT: Revised, updated, redesigned and retitled.
NOTE: An epic tale…a book to buy and to treasure. [Crafts]
LUCIE RIE
YEAR: 2002
PUBLISHER: Ceramic Review (Softback)
CONTENT: Nine essays on different aspects of Rie’s life and work edited by Emmanuel Cooper. Includes an essay by Cooper on Lucie Rie’s notebooks.
NOTE: Also includes essays by Edmund de Waal, David Attenborough and Alison Britton.
HISTORIA DE LA CERAMICA [HISTORY OF POTTERY]
YEAR: 2004
PUBLISHER: Ceac (Softback)
CONTENT: A History of World Pottery
NOTE: Spanish language edition of A History of World Pottery (UK 1988)
LUCIE RIE (Japan)
YEAR: 2005
PUBLISHER: Blues Interaction (Hardback)
CONTENT: Nine essays on different aspects of Rie’s life and work edited by Emmanuel Cooper. Includes an essay by Cooper on Lucie Rie’s notebooks.
NOTE: Japanese language edition.
BERNARD LEACH: LIFE & WORK
YEAR: 2003
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press (Hardback)
CONTENT: The only full-scale biography
NOTE: The definitive record of a 20th century phenomenon. [Crafts]
BERNARD LEACH: LIFE & WORK (Japan)
YEAR: 2011
PUBLISHER: Hus-10, Inc. (Hardback)
CONTENT: The only full-scale biography
NOTE: Japanese language edition.
BERNARD LEACH: LIFE & WORK
YEAR: 2020
PUBLISHER: PMC/Yale University Press (Softback)
CONTENT: The only full-scale biography
NOTE: Published to mark the centenary of the Leach Pottery.
DAVID LEACH
YEAR: 2003
PUBLISHER: Richard Dennis (Hardback/Softback)
CONTENT: Biography by Emmanuel Cooper and retrospective exhibition catalogue by Kathy Niblett.
NOTE: Fascinating history of this potter and his work. [online review]
WALTER KEELER
YEAR: 2004
PUBLISHER: Ruthin Craft Centre (Hardback/Softback)
CONTENT: Major retrospective with essays by Emmanuel Cooper and Amanda Fielding
NOTE: Beautiful book [online review]
MAGDALENE ODUNDO
YEAR: 2004
PUBLISHER: Lund Humphries (Hardback)
CONTENT: Overview of artists work to date with essays by Emmanuel Cooper and Simon Olding
NOTE: The work itself is stunning, and so is this beautiful book [Antiques Magazine]
THE POTTER'S BOOK OF GLAZE RECIPES (Fully Revised Edition)
YEAR: 2004
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury (Spiralbound)
CONTENT: 450 glaze recipes
NOTE: Must be the definitive recipe book for glazes… a fully revised version of the original classic. [Craftsman Magazine].
SERAMIK SIR RECETELERI EL KITABI (Potter's Book of Glaze Recipes)
YEAR: 2011
PUBLISHER: Karakalem Kitabevi Yayinlari (Softback)
CONTENT: 450 glaze recipes
NOTE: Turkish language edition of The Potters Book of Glaze Recipes [Fully Revised Edition]
JANET LEACH: A POTTER'S LIFE
YEAR: 2006
PUBLISHER: Ceramic Review (Softback)
CONTENT: Illustrated biography
NOTE: I was curious to have a go and fathom her out… [Emmanuel Cooper interview].
CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS
YEAR: 2009
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson (Hardback)
CONTENT: Global survey of the most distinctive, creative and innovative ceramics.
NOTE: ‘…an engrossing compendium – with text by a master.’ [Daily Telegraph]
MICHAEL CASSON
YEAR: 2010
PUBLISHER: Ruthin Craft Centre (Softback)
CONTENT: Retrospective with essays by Emmanuel Cooper and Amanda Fielding
NOTE: Mick was a hugely influential and a powerful force in ceramics. [Emmanuel Cooper]
100,000 YEARS OF POTTERY [FIFTH EDITION]
YEAR: 2010
PUBLISHER: Penn, USA (Softback)
CONTENT: Some new material and images including the only account by Emmanuel Cooper of the development of his own hand built pots.
NOTE: Lavishly illustrated and extremely comprehensive. [Antiques Magazine].
LUCIE RIE: MODERNIST POTTER
YEAR: 2012
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press (Hardback)
CONTENT: The only full scale illustrated biography.
NOTE: Unlikely ever to be surpassed [Literary Review]
LUCIE RIE (Japan)
YEAR: 2014
PUBLISHER: Rikuyosha (Hardback)
CONTENT: The only full scale illustrated biography.
NOTE: Japanese language edition.
LUCIE RIE: MODERNIST POTTER (Softback)
YEAR: 2022
PUBLISHER: Paul Mellon Centre/Yale University Press (Softback)
CONTENT: The only full scale illustrated biography.
NOTE: Published on the 10th anniversary of the death of Emmanuel Cooper.