Classical Chinese gardens

1982. First English language edition. Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine foot and head, light soiling to fore-edges, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, bright pages in tight binding, sunned DJ spine, light ripples to rear DJ, else Near Fiine(+) in Near Fine(-) DJ./near fine. Folio in red DJ, 240 pages, color illustrations, plans, 32 cm. Contents: The art of traditional Chinese gardens -- Imperial gardens : Bei Hai Park -- Summer Palace -- Imperial Summer Resort -- Magnificent Clear Lake -- Private gardens : Ke Garden (Beijing) -- Liu Yong's Garden -- Zhan Garden -- Ge Garden -- Ji Chang Garden -- Zhuo Zheng Garden -- Liu Garden -- Wang Shi Garden -- Lion Grove Garden -- Garden of the Surging Wave Pavilion -- Pleasure Garden -- Crane Garden -- Lotus-Root Garden -- Yu Garden -- Qing Hui Garden -- Ke Garden (Dongguan) -- Yu Yin Villa -- Natural scenic parks and temple gardens : Tan Zhe Temple -- Great Awakening Temple -- Great Brightness Lake -- Jumping Splashing Spring -- Thousand Buddha Hill -- Mochou Lake -- Slender West Lake -- Level Mount Hall -- Golden Mount Temple -- West Lake -- East Lake -- Thatched Hut of Du Fu -- Memorial Temple of Jin -- Wu Hou Memorial Hall -- Five Spring Mountain -- Norbu Lingka. Gardens, Chinese -- Pictorial works.