London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1912. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Red decorative cloth, gilt stamped titles to cover and spine. Flowers on front cover with wide border, stone lantern on spine all in gilt. 1st edition, 'First published in 1912' appears on back of title page. Few small stains on covers, bumped and scuffed corners and edges. Spine ends are frayed, spine and edges of front cover faded. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Front hinge is cracked, but binding is still reasonably solid. Foxing of pages throughout, otherwise unmarked, clear text. Tipped-in color illustrations with tissue guard, first illustration at frontispiece is missing. This book discusses many of the aspects of Japanese gardens. A nice old book in Good or better condition.

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Bookseller: Foggy Mountain Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000739
Title: Japanese Gardens
Author: Taylor, Mrs Basil
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1912
Pages: 298
Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12"

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...