About this title: Keswick's celebrated classic affords adventurers, armchair travelers, and garden buffs alike the intimate pleasures of the Chinese garden. In these richly illustrated pages, Chinese gardens unfold as cosmic diagrams, revealing a profound and ancient view of the world and of humanity's place in it. 250 illustrations.
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Edition: SECOND IMPRESSION, 1980
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rizzoli
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: Very Good, Very Good. 4TO, 216 PGS., Photos & Illus, Hardcover. Hardcover: Red cloth binding with title on spine in gold. Board edges are faded with some soil. Endpapers are clean. frontispiece and text/photo pages are printed on coated paper. Chinese gardens are a unique and distinctive art form. In them lie the origins of the gardens of Japan. Part of their appeal is their strangeness. Illustrated. Nice tight binding. Jacket: Closed tear near upper flyleaf. Color illustrated front and back. ... read more
Edition: First Published
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rizzoli, Italy
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine D. J. jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Large or heavy book and may require extra postage. No AMAZON international order on this title. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rizzoli,, NY:
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0847801934. Contributions and conclusions by Charles Jencks. 200 illustrations, including 24 pages in color. Second impression. Very good in a very good dust jacket.; 216 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780674010864ISBN:0674010868
Description: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0674010868. A clean, bright copy. Beautiful color photographs throughout.; 1 x 12.1 x 10.2 Inches; 240 pages. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rizzoli, Italy
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: 0847801934. Quarto hardcover in fine very bright red cloth cover, very tight and straight spine/binding, pages white, bright and fresh, the cover is unworn and pristine, else AS NEW, unread copy, in Dustjacket: very faint edgewear, else FINE. Solid and bright and unread copy. 216pp; illustrated throughout with photos of the gardens... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Date Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN-13:9780674010864ISBN:0674010868
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780674010864. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Academy Editions, London, 1986.
Date Published: 1986
Description: First printing of second, revised edition. 216 pp., color and b&w photos, ills., maps, index, oversize (4to) softcover. Light staining affecting bottom corner of first few and last few leaves, otherwise Nearly Fine copy with no owner's name, no tears, no creases, light wear to extremities. Excellent book on the subject. read more
Edition: 1st edition, second printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rizzoli, New York, NY
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 216 pages. Illustrated throughout. Trace of shelf wear. The first attempt in any language to explore the meanings that lie behind the Chinese gardens. read more
Edition: 1st American
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rizzoli
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: Very good copy in very good dust jacket. 216, Dust jacket covered with mylar jacket protector. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780674010864ISBN:0674010868
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rizzoli, NY
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Second impression. Quarto. 216 pp; over 200 b/w & color illustrations; bibliography; index. Red cloth with dj. This copy belonged to the author-"Maggie Keswick, Wellfleet" in ink on the front flyleaf. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rizzoli International, New York, NY
Date Published: 1078
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: 0847801934. VG, few white spots lower front board in NF DJ; Beautifully photographed, with Contributions and conclusion by Charles Jencks; First; Red cloth; 4to; DJ. read more
Edition: 2nd impression.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Rizzoli
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: Description: 216 p. : ill. (some col. ); 32 cm. Subjects: Gardens, Chinese. Gardens--China. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 2. pp. 216. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, New York, NY
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: Near fine condition. Very good+ condition (DJ) Quarto (4to). 216 pages including an index and a bibliography. Red hardcover cloth binding with gilt spine lettering with a modicum of shelfwear. Dustjacket with the slightest of rubbing to the extremities and two small tears near the top of the spine (no loss). With contributions and a conclusion by Charles Jencks. With over 200 illustrations, including 24 pages in full color, from photographs, line-drawings, reproductions of historic paintings, ... read more
Edition: 2nd impression.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Rizzoli
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: Description: 216 p. : ill. (some col. ); 32 cm. Subjects: Gardens, Chinese. Gardens--China. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rizzoli, Bx253
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780847801930ISBN:0847801934
Description: 0847801934. Hardcover. 4to. Rizzoli. 1978. 216 pgs. DJ in VG shape with some shelfwear present to the DJ. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. BX253; 216 pages. read more
Description: New. Keswick's celebrated classic affords adventurers, armchair travelers, and garden buffs alike the intimate pleasures of the Chinese garden. In these richly illustrated pages, Chinese gardens unfold as cosmic diagrams, revealing a profound and ancient... read more
"Maggie Keswick was our generation's premiere historian of Chinese gardens. A beautiful book, not just because of the lovely photographs, but because of her deep insight and knowledge."
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