CLASSICAL CHINESE GARDENS, By Qian Yun (Editor)- 1982- Joint Publishing Company, Hongkong and China Building Industry Press, Beijing- 1st Edition ('Asian Edition' STATED)- This is NOT an ex-library book and NOT a book club edition- Binding is white silk hardcover with red titles on spine; binding and text are overall, neat, clean and solid in VG condition; previous owner gift inscription neatly written on 1/2 title page; normal 'age coloration' on top front cover cloth. Bold red DUST JACKET is decorated with gold titles and color photograph of WANG SHI GARDEN; jacket has NO rips, tears or missing pieces VG+ in a new Brodart plastic cover. Overall, a nice, solid collector's copy of an UNCOMMON edition of CLASSICAL CHINESE GARDENS...Introduces 37 MOST ELEGANT and SPLENDID classical Chinese gardens. 'The BEST REFERENCE MATERIALS for ARCHITECTS and GARDEN-MAKERS..THE BEST COMPANION of ARCHITECTS, ARTISTS, and LOVERS OF CHINESE CULTURE.' Contents include: 'The ART of TRADITIONAL CHINESE GARDENS'; 'Imperial Gardens'; 'PRIVATE GARDENS'; 'Natural Scenic Parks and TEMPLE GARDENS' and 'NORBU LINGKA'. Large format (measures approx. 10 x 12 inches high) of 240 pages heavily ILLUSTRATED throughout with 209 COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS. Overall, a nice, solid collector's copy of an UNCOMMON edition of CLASSICAL CHINESE GARDENS