first edition Hardcover
1963 · New York
by Lancaster, Clay
New York: Walton W. Rawls, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.black linen cloth with leather spine label printed in gilt. Fine. 292 pp. 4to, 216 illustrations in color and black and white and all, elegantly printed in Japan on quality stock. Index. Errata slip.Introduction by Alan Priest. Notable are the surprising number of houses and gardens in the last part of the 19th century which were either direct copies or more often, modifications of Japanese original designs. (Inventory #: 12263)