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Condition: Very Good. Japanese text with photo captions in English and Japanese. Near fine, no dust jacket in a very good original box. Numerous illustrations. Hardcover, quarter white cloth over blue cloth, black spine title in Japanese, red cover title in English, in original card stock box. 4to. 198, 31 pp.
Published by Gihodo
Seller: Prior Books Ltd, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's blue hardback in better than very good condition: firm and square, strong joints. Contents tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Text in Japanese and English. Numerous illustrations throughout. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition complete with a somewhat rubbed green decorative card slipcase.
Published by Gihodo Co., Tokyo, Japan, 1966
Seller: Autumn Leaves, Allentown, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A clean, tight copy, with no signs of prior use. Included is a pamphlet containing an abstracted English translation of the first chapter, Philosophy of Gardening. The dust jacket is worn, but now protected by a mylar Brodart cover. The book is richly illustrated both with photos and drawings. Surcharge on International shipping, due to size.; Oversize.
Published by 1st ed. Tokyo, Gihodo, 1963
Seller: Antiquariaat Fenix, Amsterdam, Netherlands
8vo. White cloth spine with blue cloth sides. 50,198,32pp. 22 x 30 x 2,5 cm. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Mylar protective cover. Japanese - English text.
Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: VERY GOOD. First Edition. 198, 31 pp. + 13 pp. 'Abstract Philosophy of Gardening' pamphlet. Large 8vo, blue cloth backed in white, navy spine lettering, red stamped title and blind stamped rock garden design to front cover. Introductory essay in Japanese with translation pamphlet laid in, remaining text Japanese-English diglot. Illustrated throughout with in-text B/W photographs. Stitching loosening, otherwise a clean, attractive copy; DJ tattered, wrapped in mylar. Original printed case moderately edgeworn.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Japanese - english Description and photos on demand 0.
Published by Gihido, Tokyo, 1962
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
8vo, pp. 7, [3], 50, [2], 198, [2], 31, [3]; preliminaries in Japanese with English translation laid in, hundreds of illustrations, including plans, layouts, landscapes, and details, most photographic, a few in color, with captions in Japanese and English; blue and white cloth boards with details in blind; owner's stamps on title page, a couple preliminaries dogeared, in an edge-worn blue dust jacket. Saito Katsuo was a Living Treasure of Japan, and designed a number of famous modern Japanese gardens, including Myo-wa-en in Seattle and the rock garden at the New York UN. His analysis of dozens of extant gardens in this book provides a window into his overall design philosophy.
Published by Gihodo, Tokyo, 1988
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. Folio. 50pp. 197pp. 31pp. Blue and white cloth with black lettering on spine, embossed maroon lettering to cover, stamped symbol on back board. Mylar jacket as issued. Resting in illustrated paper-covered slipcase. Japanese garden design, divided into three sections (philosophy, design, object & materials). Illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of photographs as well as drawings and maps. In Japanese with English translation (except for the "Philosophy" and a small part of the "Object and Materials" section). Introduction by Edward Seidensticker. Bumped on midsection of spine. Minor scuffing and rubbing to slipcase. Signed copy (by Katsuo Saito). Slipcase in very good, book in fine condition.
Published by Tokyo, Gihodo, Showa 45 (1971)., 1971
Seller: Antiquariat Jürgen Fetzer, Wien, Austria
Book
* Standardwerk. * Bildbeschreibungen englisch und japanisch. Zeigt neben zahlreichen, großen Gärten mit allen Details auch Materialien und Zubehör. Wegen der EPR-Regelung kann in folgende Länder KEIN Versand mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Frankreich, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien. No shipping to Bulgarien, Frankreich, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2001 4°. 2,8,2,50,2,198,2,31,3 S. OLeinen. Minimal gebraucht. Aus dem Japanischen ins Englische übersetzt von Shinjiro Hiki. Mit sehr zahlreichen Abbildungen nach Zeichnungen und Plänen sowie einer Fülle, teils farbiger Fotoabbildungen.