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Mrs. Basil Taylour (Harriet Osgood) : Japanese Gardens

Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, England, 1928

Second Edition. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt illustrations on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore-edge. 8" x 10 1/4." 204 pages, complete. Twenty-eight tipped-in color plates, complete. List of Illustrations (plates) in the front. Index in back. Former owner's inscription in black ink on front free endpaper. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning and light to moderate foxing throughout and slight edge wear. Covers are clean and intact overall except for light rubbing and slight bumping to corners and head and tail of spine. Binding is tight. A Very Good copy. A beautiful book about Japanese gardens by Mrs. Basil Taylour, also known as Harriet Osgood. Text is complemented by color plates of bucolic Japanese scenery illustrated by Walter Tyndale. The following are listed under Contents: "On Japanese Gardens in General," "Japanese Gardening History," "Gardening Principles," "Garden Stones," "Garden Accessories (Lanterns and Pagodas)," "Garden Fences and Hedges," "Garden Architecture (Gates, Summer-Houses, and Bridges)," "Wells, Water-Basins, Etc.," "Landscape Gardens," "Green Gardens," "Water Gardens and Dried-Up Water Scenery," "Miniature Gardens," "Some Particular Gardens," "Flower Arrangement," "Garden Folk-Lore and Legends--(I)," "Garden Folk-Lore and Legends--(II)," "Flower Festivals," "The Four Seasons of Flowers," and "Index.". Illustr.: Tyndale, Walter. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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