Turnbull Mitchell (44 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Soft Cover Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Condition: acceptable. Book is considered to be in acceptable condition. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo. Book may have one or more of the following defects: noticeable wear on the cover dust jacket or spine; curved, dog eared or creased page s ; writing or highlighting inside or on the edges; sticker s or other adhesive on cover; CD DVD may not be included; and book may be a former library copy.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Book in Good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good +. None as issued. Solid copy with unmarked text; a fair amount of foxing on page edges and inside covers. Cover has mild surface and edge wear. Binding is tight and square; no creases to spine or cover. We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paper Back. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In pictorial wraps, 4to, 257pp. Illustrated. (crease to lower corner of upper cover). b/w Illustration (illustrator).

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Hardcover with dustjacket, 258 pages; very good condition, clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket intact and in very good condition in a protective mylar cover. Text block is clean, bright and tight, no markings, corner creases or other defects noted in text block. Providing superior service since 2001. Dropshippers heartily welcomed.

Paperback. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1993. . Paperback. Sm 4to., 257 p.p., Shelf wear; corners of cover and head and tail of spine bumped; edges of cover rubbed; pages clean and unmarked. . Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. NF/NF. Hardcover, green cloth with green titles, DJ, 258 pp, b&w illustrations, quarto, slight rubbing to DJ, else a very nice, clean and crisp copy. Extra shipping may apply.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight unmarked book in dust jacket with chip from two corners; 9 X 0.75 X 11.5 inches; 269 pages; There is a universality about the creation of gardens across time and in diverse cultures that has inspired this entirely different garden book: a playful and affectionate typology of gardens; a pattern book in which a score of landscapes and gardens are drawn, described, and analyzed not just as a bouquet of pleasures but as sources, lodes to be mined for materials, shapes and relationships, and ideas for transforming our own backyards. The Poetics of Gardens is a celebration of places and the gardens they can become. Most of the 500 sketches, axonometric drawings, and photographs were created especially for this book. They explore the special qualities of places and the acts that can transform them into gardens. The authors discuss the qualities that create the promise of a garden the shapes of land and water, the established plants, the light and wind, the climate and show how these can be organized to give a place a special meaning. And they pay particular attention to the "rituals of habitation" by which we imaginatively take possession of places on the surface of the earth. The Poetics of Gardens examines great gardens made in other places, with other climates, at other times from ancient Rome to modem England, from Ball to Botany Bay, from the court of Ch'ien Lung to the magic kingdom of Walt Disney to explore their devices and record their images, scents, and sounds. The authors discuss the adaptation of the great garden traditions of the past to North American soil and call together the creators of these gardens to speculate about how their patterns and ideas can be appropriated, transformed, and composed into places that come alive for us.…

Hardcover Second Printing. Fine in fine dust jacker in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 257 pages. Dj worn and fadedThere is a universality about the creation of gardens across time and in dive rse cultures that has inspired this entirely different garden book: a playful an d affectionate typology of gardens; a pattern book in which a score of landscape s and gardens are drawn, described, and analyzed not just as a bouquet of pleasu res but as sources, lodes to be mined for materials, shapes and relationships, a nd ideas for transforming our own backyards. The Poetics of Gardens is a celebr ation of places and the gardens they can become. Most of the 500 sketches, axono metric drawings, and photographs were created especially for this book. They exp lore the special qualities of places and the acts that can transform them into g ardens. The authors discuss the qualities that create the promise of a garden t he shapes of land and water, the established plants, the light and wind, the cli mate and show how these can be organized to give a place a special meaning. And they pay particular attention to the rituals of habitation by which we imaginati vely take possession of places on the surface of the earth. The Poetics of Gard ens examines great gardens made in other places, with other climates, at other t imes from ancient Rome to modem England, from Ball to Botany Bay, from the court of Ch'ien Lung to the magic kingdom of Walt Disney to explore their devices and record their images, scents, and sounds. The authors discuss the adaptation of the great garden traditions of the past to North American soil and call together the creators of these gardens to speculate about how their patterns and ideas c an be appropriated, transformed, and composed into places that come alive for us . Charles W. Moore, one of America's best known architects, is O'Neil Ford Prof.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hardcover folio with multi-colored DJ and white and light green spine. 257 pages: b/w illustrations; 29 cm. Review copy. Book review letter laid-in. Abstract: "There is a universality about the creation of gardens across time and in diverse cultures that has inspired this entirely different garden book: a playful and affectionate typology of gardens; a pattern book in which a score of landscapes and gardens are drawn, described, and analyzed not just as a bouquet of pleasures but as sources, lodes to be mined for materials, shapes and relationships, and ideas for transforming our own backyards. The Poetics of Gardens is a celebration of places and the gardens they can become. Most of the 500 sketches, axonometric drawings, and photographs were created especially for this book. They explore the special qualities of places and the acts that can transform them into gardens. The authors discuss the qualities that create the promise of a garden the shapes of land and water, the established plants, the light and wind, the climate and show how these can be organized to give a place a special meaning. And they pay particular attention to the "rituals of habitation" by which we imaginatively take possession of places on the surface of the earth. The Poetics of Gardens examines great gardens made in other places, with other climates, at other times from ancient Rome to modem England, from Ball to Botany Bay, from the court of Ch'ien Lung to the magic kingdom of Walt Disney to explore their devices and record their images, scents, and sounds. The authors discuss the adaptation of the great garden traditions of the past to North American soil and call together the creators of these gardens to speculate about how their patterns and ideas can be appropriated, transformed, and composed into places that come alive for us"--Publisher. Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The genius of the place -- The designer's place -- The place of the past; Settings; Collections; Pilgrimages; Patterns -- Our own places -- Bibliography -- Index. Gardens -- Design. Landscape architecture. Mild rubbing to head of DJ spine, top back edge of DJ, and corners of DJ. Very mild soiling to DJ (few specks). Else book is fine in very good DJ. First edition, first printing (full number line).…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Folio, softcover, as new in green and lavendar pictorial wraps. 257 pp. including index. This is an entirely different garden book: a pattern book in which a score of landscapes and gardens are drawn, described, and analyzed not just as a bouquet of pleasures but as sources, lodes to be mined for materials, shapes and relationships, and ideas for transforming our own backyards. It is a celebration of places and the gardens they can become. Most of the 500 sketches, axonometric drawings, and photographs were created especially for this book. They explore the special qualities of places and the acts that can transform them into gardens. Giftable.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.