On Chinese Gardens
by Chen Congzhou
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Shanghai: Tongji University Press, 1984. Illustrated with 32 plates, large octavo, pp 60, (text in both English & Chinese), green cloth, edges slightly bruised, dustwrapper slightly worn. [From the library of Dan E. Mayers, plantsman, chess-master, limerick-lover and eccentric, with bookplate showing his Arts & Crafts house "Lorien" in Wadhurst.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017179
- Title
- On Chinese Gardens
- Author
- Chen Congzhou
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Tongji University Press
- Place of Publication
- Shanghai
- Date Published
- 1984
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHINESE.GARDENS. LANDSCAPE.DESIGN. ORIENTAL.GARDEN. HISTORY. design.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Garden History; Garden Design;
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Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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