Architecture / Landscape Design & Gardening from LEFT COAST BOOKS

London: Reaktion Books, 2012. Cloth, 368 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket with light shelfwear/partial fading. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "A Japanese garden is immediately distinct to the eye from the traditional gardens of an English manor house, just as the manicured topiaries of Versailles contrast with the sharp… Ler mais sobre este item

Tokyo, New York, London: Kodansha International, 2006. xi, 139 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with a short scratch (barely noticeable)/back cover, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "One of the pleasures of visiting Kyoto is to wander around narrow streets lined with… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company; A Bulfinch Press Book, 1995. ix, 270 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "While Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) stands among America's great innovators, his story is one of both enormous achievement and miserable failure,… Ler mais sobre este item

La Jolla, CA: Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1995. 1 volume (unpaged), chiefly illustrations; 14 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California, April 15 to June 3, 1995. Firm binding, clean inside copy. . 1st. Paperback. Fine. 16mo.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985. 64 pages, illustrations (some colour), plans; 28 cm. Reprinted from: Metropolitan Museum of Art bulletin, Winter 1980/81. Firm binding, clean inside copy. CONTENTS: I. The scholar's garden; II. Wang Shi Yuan: the Garden of the Master of the Fishing Nets; III. The poetic imagination; IV. Painting and garden design; V. Garden architecture;… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company; A Frances Tenenbaum Book, 2000. xi, 242 pages; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, with moderate shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. Essays extracted from the author's biweekly gardening columns in the East Hampton Star. "Madoo is an artist's unusual and beautiful garden at the far end of Long Island. Described in… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967. x, 147 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Foxing/back cover. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Dumbarton Oaks, famous for its role as a venue for a WWII peace conference, is visited nowadays mainly for its garden and its collection of Byzantine and Pre-Columbian art overseen by… Ler mais sobre este item

Santa Barbara, CA: Austin Val Verde Foundation, 2006. Cloth, 176 pages, illustrations; 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, lightly rubbed on the back cover, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Ann Mitchell's portraits of the Val Verde estate as it was transformed into Austin Val… Ler mais sobre este item

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. 312 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Cycads superficially resemble palms and are often misidentified as such. However, cycads are actually a unique assemblage of primitive plants that have been around for at least 250 million years. Because… Ler mais sobre este item

Andover, Hampshire: Pitkin Publishing, 2001. 20 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits; 25 cm. 2011 reprint. Firm binding, clean inside copy. An introduction to Capability Brown (1715-1783), England's most famous gardener, whose landscapes were designed to look natural in revolt against formal gardens. CONTENTS: The early years; To Stowe; Early commissions; The road to success; The best of Brown; Across… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Faber and Faber, 1982. Cloth, 255 pages, illustrations, portraits; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Better Link Press, 2006. 192 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. CONTENTS: The surging wave pavillion: a heritage of the Song Dynasty; The master of the nets garden: a small but complete masterpiece; The couple's garden retreat: a romantic story of sequestered life; The humble administrator's garden: a classical example of a… Ler mais sobre este item

Honolulu, Hawai'i: Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art; Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2002. 62 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Blemish/front cover.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Tal-y-Cafn, Colwyn Bay, Conwy and Norwich: Bodnant Garden; Jarrold Publishing, 2006. 41 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. The garden at Bodnant was presented to the National Trust by Henry Duncan, 2nd Baron Aberconway for the Joint Committee of the National Trust and the Royal Horticultural Society.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1987. Cloth, 160 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. Cloth, 460 pages, colour illustrations; 35 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Superficial stain/tail edge. Dust jacket, with a slightly faded spine, protected in a mylar cover. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "A celebration in words and breathtaking images of thirty-five… Ler mais sobre este item

Murrells Inlet, SC: Brookgreen Gardens, 1996. 60 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition held at: the Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX, June 12 to August 16, 1998; Fleischer Museum, Scottsdale, AZ, October 1, 1998 to March 31, 1999; National Academy of Design, New York City, May 1-to June 30, 1999; and Tampa Museum… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1989. Cloth, 202 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to.

Cologne: Taschen, 1998. 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Text in English, French and German. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Abrams; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2009. Pictorial boards, 255 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 32 cm. Coordination by Deen Day Sanders; major photography by Mick Hales. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Showcasing more… Ler mais sobre este item