Hardcover. Rutland, VT, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 270 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with a few closed tears and minor edge wear. Green cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book explains the philosophy and practice of Japanese gardening with extensive photographs and diagrams. it is an important classic of gardening instruction, providing practical, down-to-earth explanations of the basic rules of Japanese garden design and care. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34165
Hardcover. Dutton Studio Books, New York, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages, illustrated throughout with photos in full color. Dust jacket in price clipped with light wear to edges and spine. Overall, a tight clean copy.
Hardcover. Rutland, Charles E. Tuttle, Reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 184 pages. Hardcover. Full color photographs and black & white drawings. Dust jacket with tape repaired closed tears along edges. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, William Morrow and Company Inc., 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 325 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Translated by Janet Seligman. A definitive work, lavishly illustrated throughout in black-and-white and color; complete with maps, plans, chronological table, bibliography and index. Mild fading to dust jacket. Light rubbing and moderate edgewear to dust jacket as well. Unmarked. Bright and clean, a tight copy.
Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 205 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has minor edge wear. Gorgeous woven brown cloth covers with gilt text are in very good condition. Interior pages are mostly clean and bright, but towards the end of the book have some old water damage along the top edge, which is also visible on the final end page. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book explores the spirit, philosophy, and historical evolution of traditional Japanese gardens. Rather than viewing these spaces as mere arrangements of plants, Ito presents the Japanese garden as a living art form, which triumphs over decay and death by incorporating the concept of natural change into its structural design. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34706
Hardcover. Tokyo, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 554 pages. Illustrated with hundreds of full page color and black and white plates of Japanese temples dating from Year 552. Useful bibliography lists books for further study of the title subject at page 549. Folio. Brown silk cloth with gilt titles. Large, heavy volume; extra charges for priority or international shipping.
Hardcover. Tokyo/ New York , Bijutsu Shuppan-sha/Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 554 pages, b&w photographs throughout. Very good in an excellent acetate dust jacket. Clean, bright copy.
 "Japanese Gardens for Today by: Engel, David H. Forward: Neutra, Richard")
 "The Japanese Garden: An Approach to Nature by: Ito, Teiji; Iwamiya, Takeji; Kamekura, Yusaku")
