The Artistic Garden of Japan (Complete in 3 Vols.)
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- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Rikotosho Co, 1957. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome example of the 1957 1st edition, complete in 3 volumes. All 3 volumes tight and VG+ or better in their oatmeal cloth, with decorative blindstamping and crisp, unflecked lettering at the front panels and spines. Tall quartos, detailed black-and-white photography thruout charting the growth and development of the Japanese garden up thru the eras. This set has the bookplate in each volume --and came from library of-- Mary Griggs Burke, the late 20th/early 21st century American collector who had amassed the largest private collection of Japanese art ourside of Japan.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10564
- Title
- The Artistic Garden of Japan (Complete in 3 Vols.)
- Author
- -
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rikotosho Co
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- rare gardening, rare Japanese gardening
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Tight
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- Crisp
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