Osaka (大阪市): (現代庭園図說刊行会) Gendai Teien Zusetsu Kankokai, 1924. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Oblong quarto (9 x 12 1/4"). [4], 18pp (Text in Japanese), 19-281 leaves (Plates), 6pp (Summary text in English). Original string-bound blue cloth, with gold lettering and decoration to front cover. Titles in Japanese and English. This..... More
Brookline, Massachusetts: Architecture and Design, 1937, 1958. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 2pp., 21 plates, 6pp.; 2pp., 35 plates, 22pp. Original stapled gray wraps with black lettering on cover, and plain stapled blue wraps for second issue. "For one hundred years the name of Olmsted has been continuously associated with Landscape..... More
Paris: A. Vincent & Cie. 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Large folio. Unpaginated. [30]pp (text), 124 leaves (plates). 3/4 red morocco over burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spines. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece in first volume. Title pages in red and black lettering. Remarkable work presenting the Arab gardens at Alcazar, Alhambra..... More
London: Country Life, (1919). Revised, enlarged edition. Hardcover. Sm. elephant folio. viii,396pp. Gold-stamped maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine. All gilt edges. Mounted color frontispiece after a drawing by Charles Gascoyne. Illustrated title-page with lettering in red and black. 418 fine b/w reproductions of photographs, engravings, drawings, and plans..... More
London: B.T. Batsford, 1909. First edition. Folio. xi p., 1 L., 36 p. illus. (incl. plans) XXVII pl. incl. frontis. "List of works consulted": 1 leaf after p. xi. Half vellum over decorated brown paper-covered boards. Black lettering to spine. Some scuffing, discoloration and minor staining to boards and vellum..... More
London: Frances Lincoln, 2009. First printing. Large, square quarto (13-1/4"). 260pp. Index. Black & white photo dust jacket with black spine lettered in lavender and white, over gray cloth, spine lettered in silver. The Villa, both inside and outside, is profusely illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, including a few..... More
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Tokyo: Gihodo, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 50pp. 197pp. 31pp. Blue and white cloth with black lettering on spine, embossed maroon lettering to cover, stamped symbol on back board. Mylar jacket as issued. Resting in illustrated paper-covered slipcase. Japanese garden design, divided into three sections (philosophy, design, object & materials)..... More
New York: Rizzoli, (1995). First Amer. edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. 239pp. Gray mottled cloth with black lettering to spine in original dj. Inscribed by previous owner on front endpaper. "This lush tour of Italian parks and gardens reveals the astonishing beauty and long history of some of Italy's most famous..... More
Graz: Akademische Druck und Verlagsanstalt, 1976. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 214pp. Original photographic wrappers over black cloth with orange lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers and title page. A Photographic and captivating tour of Chinese Gardens. Slight age-toning along edges of wrappers. Text in German. Wraps in overall good+ to very..... More
Tokyo: 理工図書 (Riko Tosho), 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 189pp. [2]. Glossy b/w photo-illustrated dust jacket, with black lettering on the front cover and spine. This book examines work of acclaimed Japanese landscape architect Haruto Kobayashi (b.1937), most known for his Japanese garden designs. The work discusses the architect's..... More
Paris: Editions Charles Massin, ca. 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 78, [2]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over green cloth with white lettering on front board and spine. Scarce and fascinating work on garden fences and gates. It is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w and color photographic reproductions. Very minor rubbing along..... More
London: Printed and engraved by Herbert Reiach, Ltd., 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. viii, 166pp. Original green decorative embossed cloth with gilt lettering, publisher's device and ruling on cover, gilt lettering and publisher's device on spine; in original color photo-illustrated brown wraps, black lettering on spine. Color frontispiece with..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. 168pp. Original pictorial wrappers over cloth with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front cover. Color tipped-in on title page. Overthe lastsixhundredyears, Ikebanahas becomeone ofJapan'straditionalartforms. Buddhismwasintroducedinto Japanduringthe5thand6th centuriesandreligiousfloralofferingswerepartofthe rituals. Bythe15thcentury,thereweredocumentedinstructionsforcomposingandplacingarrangementsandthe idea ofsuitingthearrangement to theseasonortheoccasionwasfirmlyentrenched.Bythelate16thcentury,Ikebana was broughtintothegrandhomesoftheeliteintheTokonoma,alargealcovewherepaintedscrollswerehungonthe wall andIkebanaarrangementsdisplayedonastrawtatamimatwithotheraestheticobjects. Distinctschoolsof Ikebana wereformedasthe..... More
Netherlands: Uitgeverij Terra, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Square quarto (10"). Unpaginated (approx. 180 pages). Title and text in English, French, German and Dutch. Photographic dust jacket with dark green spine lettered in white, over black cloth lettered in silver. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs (most full-page). Hint of..... More
Berlin: Jovis, (2005). First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. 174pp. Original photographic paper-covered boards. Prof. Fischer-Leonhardt attempts to challenge accusations that Bauhaus architects neglected the appearance of gardens and, in general, the "Außenraum" in their designs. Foreword by Heinz W. Hallmann. Contents: Walter Gropius und die Gärten des Bauhauses. Das Bauhausgebäude..... More
Philadelphia: Dumbarton Oaks Center Studies, 1990. Hardcover. Sm. 4to. Teal cloth binding w/no dj. Minor rubbing to tail of spine. Illustrated with many b/w photos, drawings and charts. Detailed account of American Architecture. Very tight copy in fine condition. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Hardcover. sm. 4to. 252 pp. Foreword by F. Fraser Darling. Brown cloth with d/j. Small b&w landscape photographs throughout. Index. Very good. More
London: The Studio, 1907. Hardcover. 4to. x, xxxvii, 136 b&w plates. Green cloth binding with ivory paste-down and borders. Cover with mottling from silverfish. Some scuffing and boards lightly bowing. Ex-libris with bookplate and owner signature. Interior clean. Overall, in fair/good condition. More
Rutland, VT; Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1974. Ninth printing. Hardcover. Quarto. XVI, 270pp. Original photographic wrappers over green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Photographic title page. This book is a practical explanation of how the basic rules of Japanese garden design and care may be applied in..... More
Milan: Electa, 1990. First edition. Lg.4to. 152(4)pp. Text in Italian and English. In near fine condition. More