The California Landscape Garden: Ecology, Culture, and Design Tapa dura - 1999

Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. Illustrated by Nascimbene, Yan. The beauty, resources, and natural processes of the California ladscape are brought into the home garden.. fine testament to ecological gardening. The authors connect history, culture, region, and design to help us understand the evolution and cultivation of California.." Book appears to have suffered a liquid stain, which has left a faint 5 1/4" mark on the top page edges, a 2 1/2" stain mark on the upper spine/upper left corner of cover, and a small, faint spot on the inside of the dust jacket. The stain has left very faint spots on some of the interior pages, but it does not affect the text. Some light scuffing to dust jacket. 234 pages. ; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4

University Of California Press, . First Edition. Hardcover. As New. Sm Quarto. 1999 Color And B & W Illustrations, Original Illustrations By Yan Nascimbene Sm Quarto, , PP.234, D26e

Berkley, Los Angeles & London: University of California Press, 1999. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Leans slightly. Text complete, clean and tight. . Yan Nascimbene. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 11¼” x 8¾” (1.8 kg); (xx) 234pp; Index; Bibliography; Illustrated by Yan Nascimbene; Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs; Tables; Plans; ISBN: 0520214501 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #178935|| Condition:

University of California Press, 1999. Hard cover. Very good/Good. Jacket is rubbed and scratched, particularly on the back cover. Cover boards are in great condition with no visible flaws apart from some light handling wear. Binding is tight and inside is clean, bright, and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Minor shelf wear and barely visible blemishes on both panels (photo) and minor shelf rubbing on the top of the front panel and spine (photo). Unclipped flaps and the ISBN is undisturbed (photo).Book:No marks or entries and no page toning. The board and spine junction is strong and firm and the book lies flat, plumb, and square.Table of Contents, General and Plant Index, numerous color and B&W photographs throughout (photo). From the front panel: "(Authors) use California's natural beauty as a starting point for inspiring Californians to see their gardens as extensions of the surrounding landscape. They provide essential information on native plants and wildlife, ecology and bioregionalism, landscape history, and design concepts, as well as numerous examples of showing how to integrate environmental principles."