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Published by Weatherhill / Tankosha, 1985
ISBN 10: 0834815222ISBN 13: 9780834815223
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Blind stamp from previous owner on front free endpaper. Some underlining throughout.
Published by Weatherhill / Tankosha, New York, Tokyo and Kyoto, 1973
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First English Language Edition. 4to. Pp. 229. Translated by Ralph Friedrich and Masajiro Shimamura. Amply illustrated with color and black and white photography. An appendix lists the locations of the representative gardens that are the focus of the book. Bound in full green cloth with the image of a sculpture stamped in black ink on the front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of sun fading on spine. Gift inscription in ink on the title page. Inscription is from Albert Ravenholt to his wife, Marjorie (Severyns) Ravenholt. Ravenholt was a foreign correspondent during WWII, mostly writing for UPI. In Shanghai, 1946, Ravenholt married Chungking-based OSS officer Marjorie Severyns, Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer presiding. Severyns had been stationed in Chungking, working on psychological warfare. For more on their war experiences, please see China Reporting An Oral History of American Journalism in the 1930s and 1940s (Berkeley: University of California Press, (1987)). Dust jacket now preserved in a removable, archival sleeve. .