Text by William Warren (6 results)
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Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Maria, CA, U.S.A.LEFT COAST BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 190 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 31 cm. With Contributions by Tony Whitten, et al. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Fine DJ. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Bali boasts a wealth of gardens found in the grounds of temples, palaces, hotel…s and houses. This book presents photographs of a selection of the best, and the text examines both traditional and contemporary gardens, and looks at the physical and cultural environment of the island." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: PT. I. PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES: Introduction: Gardens of Eden, by William Warren. Ch. 1. The Balinese Landscape, by Tony Whitten and Martin Jenkins. Ch. 2. Plants of Bali, by Tony Whitten and Martin Jenkins. Ch. 3. Nature in Balinese Culture, by Adrian Vickers Flower Offerings, by Thomas M. Hunter. Ch. 4. Traditional Gardens in Bali, by Adrian Vickers PT. II. CONTEMPORARY BALINESE GARDENS: Introduction, by William Warren. Ch. 5. Gardens in Sanur and Kuta, by William Warren. Ch. 6. The Bali Hyatt Garden, by William Warren. Ch. 7. Gardens in Nusa Dua, by William Warren. Ch. 8. The Grand Hyatt Garden, by William Warren. Ch. 9. Gardens in Ubud, by William Warren. Size: 4to. Collectible.
Published by Ibis Books, 1990, 1990
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- First Edition
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition Fine and bright black boards in like pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Handsome all around and beautifully illustrated in color, some full page size.
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Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.2Vbooks
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Hard cover. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 96 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. EB BB 12. Limapornvanich, Taveepong (illustrator).
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Seller: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, CanadaB-Line Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Tight square unmarked book in rubbed dust jacket with a 1" corner tear.
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Seller: Best Books, St. Leonards on sea, United KingdomBest Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. dj has a small rub mark on back spine side edge. Small sticking mark on front inside board and front end page. Light foxing on the half title page. Photographed by 50 of the world's great photographers. Heavy book.
Language: English
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Seller: Optimon Books, Gravesend, KENT, United KingdomOptimon Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Extract from Description: A characteristic of Asian cities which has traditionally frustrated western visitors is their tendency to hide their treasures from public view: to contradict, at first glance, their legends of splendour. Generations of travellers have felt, on their introduction to Rangoon o…r Singapore or Bangkok, as Somerset Maugham did when he made a trip through the Orient in the 1920's: "They are all alike, with their straight streets, their arcades, their tramways, their dust, their blinding sun… their dense traffic, their ceaseless din. They are hard and glittering and unreal as a backcloth in a musical comedy. They give you nothing. But when you leave them it is with a f.
