Modern Gardens British & Foreign. Special Winter Number of "The Studio" 1926-1927
by Cane, Percy S. (text); C. Geoffrey Holme; Shirley B. Wainwright (eds.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fair to vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed and engraved by Herbert Reiach, Ltd, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. fair to vg. Large Quarto. viii, 166pp. Original green decorative embossed cloth with gilt lettering, publisher's device and ruling on cover, gilt lettering and publisher's device on spine; in original color photo-illustrated brown wraps, black lettering on spine. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Illustrated title page.
With an introduction by Percy S. Cane. Profusely illustrated special issue of "The Studio" introducing British, American, French, German, Austrian, Italian, Swedish, Danish and Japanese gardens, including eight reproductions of color offset photographs, as well as numerous images in photogravures and b/w. Contains some architectural drawings and plans and includes designs by Peter Behrens and the Olmsted Brothers. With a list of architects, designers and owners at front.
Dust jacket badly chipped along the spine and the top edge of the front cover. Binding with light wear along edges. Endpapers and first few pages with light foxing, light foxing to edges. Previous owner's name inked to front free endpaper. Dust jacket in overall fair, binding in very good, interior in good+, photographic plates in very good condition.
With an introduction by Percy S. Cane. Profusely illustrated special issue of "The Studio" introducing British, American, French, German, Austrian, Italian, Swedish, Danish and Japanese gardens, including eight reproductions of color offset photographs, as well as numerous images in photogravures and b/w. Contains some architectural drawings and plans and includes designs by Peter Behrens and the Olmsted Brothers. With a list of architects, designers and owners at front.
Dust jacket badly chipped along the spine and the top edge of the front cover. Binding with light wear along edges. Endpapers and first few pages with light foxing, light foxing to edges. Previous owner's name inked to front free endpaper. Dust jacket in overall fair, binding in very good, interior in good+, photographic plates in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48394
- Title
- Modern Gardens British & Foreign. Special Winter Number of "The Studio" 1926-1927
- Author
- Cane, Percy S. (text); C. Geoffrey Holme; Shirley B. Wainwright (eds.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Printed and engraved by Herbert Reiach, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- b/w photography, photogravure, color photography,British gardens, French gardens, German gardens, Italian gardens, American gardens, Swedish gardens, Danish gardens, architectural drawings, architectural plans, drawing
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Cloth
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- Fair
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- Device
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- Gilt
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