Japanese Gardens by Taylor, Mrs. Basil (Harriet Osgood) - 1912

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New Yor: Dodd, Mead And Co., . First Edition. Hardcover. Poor, Significant Wear At Edges And Spine, Alexander Tod Bookplate At Front Pastedown And Pencil Signature, Tipped On Color Frontis Has Corner Creasing. Quarto. 1912 Twenty Eight Color Tipped In Plates By Walter Tyndale Quarto, , PP.297, D28f

London: Methuen & Co.. VG+. 1912. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 298 pages. With 28 pictures in colour by Walter Tyndale. Ink ownership inscription .

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1912-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Red cloth cover with decoration in gilt shows minor wear and rubbing. Loose hinges. Pages are tanned and mostly clean. With beautiful tipped-in color plates by Walter Tyndale.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1912. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Red decorative cloth, gilt stamped titles to cover and spine. Flowers on front cover with wide border, stone lantern on spine all in gilt. 1st edition, 'First published in 1912' appears on back of title page. Few small stains on covers, bumped and scuffed corners and edges. Spine ends are frayed, spine and edges of front cover faded. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Front hinge is cracked, but binding is still reasonably solid. Foxing of pages throughout, otherwise unmarked, clear text. Tipped-in color illustrations with tissue guard, first illustration at frontispiece is missing. This book discusses many of the aspects of Japanese gardens. A nice old book in Good or better condition.

London: Methuen & Co., 1912. First Edition . Red Cloth. Very Good +. 10 1/4" Tall. First Printing. Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Foredge And Bottom Edge. A Bright, Clean Copy, No Fading. Gilt Complete And Bright, Except Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine Which Is A Little Dulled. Wear At Top And Bottom Of Spine With A Few Points Of Fraying; Rubbing At Points With One Pin-Point Fray At Tip Of Lower Front Board. Hinges Neatly Reinforced With White Archival Tape. Inscription On Front Endpaper From Andrew B. Lawson (A Merchant At Riga) To Mrs. Charles L. Preston, Dated 1912 In Riga (Then Part Of Russia); Charles L. Preston, A Merchant In Riga Since 1905, Was Later U. S. Trade Commissioner In Russia 1917-1918 With A Secret Commission Regarding The Procurement Of Platinum, Which He Obtained Through Covert Activities With The A. E. F. And Smuggled Out Under Cover As U. S. Representative Of The Red Cross.

London: Methuen, 1912. 298 pp, 10 1/4" H. Deep red cloth with gilt lettering/banding/decoration on spine and front board, top edge gilt. 28 tissue-covered colour plates (including frontispiece), mounted on beige stock with borders and captions (collated). Contents: Preface; On Japanese Gardens in General; Japanese Gardening History; Gardening Principles; Garden Stones; Garden Accessories (Lanterns and Pagodas); Garden Fences and Hedges; Garden Architecture (Gates, Summer-Houses, and Bridges); Wells, Water-Basins, etc.; Landscape Gardens; Green Gardens; Water Gardens and Dried-up Water Scenery; Miniature Gardens; Some Particular Gardens; Flower Arrangement; Garden Folk-Lore and Legends - (I); Ditto (2); Flower Festivals; The Four Seasons of Flowers. Light wrinkling and wear at top/bottom of spine; light wear at board corners; light toning to fore-edge and bottom of text block; front free endpaper has small creases at top corner, one tiny edge tear archiavally taped and a tiny hole at bottom… Read More