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Gardens of China
by Osvald Siren
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Good-
- Seller
-
Waubaushene, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Book has minor wear at top and bottom of spine. Spine has fading. Slip case has fading and much wear to lower edges with tears. Book is slightly cracked near back. Forest green covers. 141 pages includes Index plus 208 plates and most are one plate to a page although several pages have 2 plates. Contents: 10 Chapters: Foreword; The Chinese Garden - A Work of Art in Forms of Nature; Mountains and Water; Flowers and Trees; Architectural Elements of the Gardens; Gardens in Literature and Painting; Older Gardens in Japan; Some Private Gardens; The Parks of the Sea Palaces; Yuan Ming Yuan; The New Summer Palace and the Park of the Jade Fountain; Bibliography; Index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H. M. Smith (used books)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10184
- Title
- Gardens of China
- Author
- Osvald Siren
- Illustrator
- Many Plates
- Format/Binding
- Oversize book
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ronald Press Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 9 1/2" x 12 3/8" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- China Gardens
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening*Landscaping***General; Country***Asia*Asian;
Terms of Sale
H. M. Smith (used books)
Full refunds for returns if not as described. E-mails welcomed and are necessary for any returns. Order with confidence.
Shipping quotes welcomed on all books.
All my books are cleaned before shipping. I mostly package them using recycled materials.
About the Seller
H. M. Smith (used books)
Biblio member since 2004
Waubaushene, Ontario
About H. M. Smith (used books)
I'm another friendly Independent Bookseller who strives for accuracy with same day or next day shipping. Most books are used and some are rare or out-of-print. I have over 180 catalogs for easier browsing. All quotes are welcomed, especially for multiple orders. Book Grades: As New - No defects. Fine - not as crisp as new. Very Good - Has minor defects. Good - general wear to the book. Fair - will have wear and tear. Poor - Will have complete text present, but there will be major faults to these books.
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- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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