THE BOOKS ON BONSAI AND RELATED ARTS
(bonsai, bonseki, bonkei, saikei, penjing, pentsai, suiseki, hon non bo)
 

1950 - 1999
AUTHORS  A - J
 

Unknown / A / B / C / D / E / F / G / H / I / J /K / L / M / N /O / P / Q / R / S / T / U / V / W / X / Y / Z
 
 

Language Prefix:

"  "   English
" AF "   Afrikaans
" BG "   Bulgarian
" CA "   Catalan
" CZ "   Czech
" DA "   Danish
" DE "   German
" EL "   Greek
" ES "   Spanish
" FI "   Finnish
" FR "   French
" FR/E "  French/English
" HU "   Hungarian
" ID "   Indonesian
" IT "   Italian
" JA "   Japanese
" JA/E "   Japanese/English
" KO "   Korean
" NL "   Dutch
" PL "   Polish
" PT "   Portuguese
" RU "   Russian
" SI "   Sinhalese
" SV "   Swedish
" TA "   Tamil
" VI " Vietnamese
" ZH "   Chinese
" ZH/E "   Chinese/English


Subject Code:   penjing , viewing stones , bonkei , saikei , indoor , bonsai , hon non bo



JA              All About Black Pine ; pre-1987.  160 pp.  Color photos & two color drawings.  Twenty-six prominent bonsai artists.  Original ad. price: $25.00.

JA             All About Japanese Black Pine, Part II ; pre-1988.  160 pp.

JA             All About Japanese Five-Needle Pine ; pre-1987.  160 pp.  Color photos & color drawings.  Thirteen prominent bonsai artists.

JA             Artistic Bonsai Pot Masterpieces: Chinese and Japanese Sets ; 1985?  All color.

                  The Best of Bonsai in Europe: Ginkgo Bonsai Award ; Voorschoten, Netherlands: Bonsai Magazine ; 1997.  ISBN  9080403415.  130 pp.  Illustrated.

                  The Best of Bonsai in Europe 2: Ginkgo Bonsai Award 1999 ; Kesteren, Netherlands: Bonsai Magazine ; 1999.  ISBN 9080403423.  128 pp.  251 color photos.

JA              Bonsai ; Tokyo: Sanseido; 1954.  LCC #88146806.  172 pp.  Illustrations.

multi         Bonsai Art Europe 1 ; Moyogi Books, an imprint of Colin Lewis & Assoc.; 1988.  Text & photographs © the individual authors and photographers.  Eleven authors from nine European countries.  In English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and Japanese.

JA             Bonsai, kizukuri no hiketsu ; Tokyo: Shufu no Tomosha; 1981.  223 pp. 

                 Bonsai: A Kodansha Postcard Book ; Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International Ltd.; 1994.  ISBN 4-7700-1805-3.   56 pp.  Twenty-four colour photos.

JA            Bonsai: Sono Bi To Dento (Bonsai: The Beauty and Tradition) ; Mainichi Shinbunsha; 1976.

JA             Bonsai masterpieces of broad-leaved trees ; Tokyo: Seibundo-Shinkisha; 1977.  200 pp. 

JA             Bonsai No Shitatekata Ajiwaikata ( The Ways of Cultivation and Appreciation of Bonsai ); Seibundō Shinkōsha; 1964. (1963?)  252 pp.  Illustrations.  USDA

JA              Bonsai Propagation Glossary ; pre-1999.

JA             Bonsai Transformation Special ; pre-1999.  Fifteen modern artists. 

JA             Bonsaizukuri sodan ; 1976.  151 pp. Illustrations. 

ZH/E         China's Rare Stones ; Shanghai: Chinese Classics Publishing House; 1994.  250 pp.  Over 650 color illustrations.  Slip case.

ZH/E         Ching Chung Bonsai ; Hong Kong Bonsai Society; pre-1993.  Four 32-pg. booklets, each with about three dozen color photos.  The back covers are solid green, pink, gray, orange.

IT             Coltivare bonsai ; Demetra; 1980.  ISBN 8844006405.

IT             Coltiviamo i Bonsai ; Demetra S.r.l. Publishers, Colognola ai Colli (VR), EDITO Publishing Agency; 1988.  Drawings by Stefania Zanini.  Color photos by ARC EN CIEL and DEMETRA Archive.  Text by V. Tridi.

JA             General Survey of Japanese Shohin Bonsai ; 1979?  Deluxe Limited Edition.

JA             Heisei Satsuki Meihinshu (Azalea Masterpieces from the Heisei Period) ; Tokinoha Shobou; 1998.

JA             Hokurikude Sodateru Bonsai Yamanogusa (Raising Bonsai and Plants in Northern Japan) ; Chabana, Hotsukoku Shinbunsha; 1997.

ZH           Hua mu yu pen jing shou ce ; Jinan; 1987.  LCC #88133896.  695 pp.  Illustrations.

JA            Illustrated Bonsai Techniques Workbook ; pre-1989.  Color and b&w photos.

JA            Illustrated Evergreen Bonsai Book ; pre-1999.

JA            Illustrated Miscellaneous Bonsai Book ; pre-1999.

JA            Imperial Bonsai Collection ; 1974.  109 pp.  The Golden Wedding Anniversary Album.

                International Bonsai Digest presents Bonsai Gems ; Los Angeles: International Bonsai Digest; 1974.  97 pp.  Juyne M. Tayson, M.D., Editor and Publisher.  Original ad. price: $12.00.  USDA

                International Bonsai Digest Bicentennial Edition ; Los Angeles: International Bonsai Digest; 1976.  97 pp.  Juyne M. Tayson, M.D., Editor and Publisher.  Original ad. price: $18.00

JA           Invitation to the Beauty of Suizeki ; pre-1999.

JA           Japanese Azalea Bonsai ; Hoikusha #321.  1975.  160 pp.  Small format. 

ZH          Jiangxi pen jing yi shu ; Shanghai; 1986.  LCC #88113903.  58 pp.  Illustrations.

JA           Kokyo No Shiki To Bonsai (Four Seasons of Imperial Household Bonsai) ; Toho Shudansha; 1998.  Photographs by Yoichi Midorigawa.

JA           Koshitu no Bonki (Imperial Pot Collection) ; Mainichi Shinbunsha; 1998.  ISBN 4620803162.  138 pp.   Isamu Murata categorized the pots and wrote commentary about each one.

ZH          Kuang-chou p'en ching ; Kuang-chou: Kuang-chou p'en ching i shu yen chiu hui; 1962.  LCC #63000430 /C.  Illustrations.  USDA

ZH           Lingnan pai pen jing ; Nanning Shi; 1988.  LCC #90106937.  Color illustrations.

               Little Book of Beautiful Bonsai ; C.L. Books; 1995.  ISBN 0785802843.

ZH           Longhua pen jing ; Nanning Shi; 1988.  LCC #90106915.  Color illustrations.

JA/E         Memorial Album of Bonsai Exhibit at Expo '70 ; 1970.  300 pp.

JA/E        Nippon Bonsai Meihin Shu ( A Collection of Japanese Bonsai Masterpieces ); pre-1981.  Two volumes, the second of which includes American and Chinese bonsai.

                Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection Guide Book ; Tacoma, WA: Weyerhaueser Company.  Printed Feb. 1992.  26 pp. 

ZH          Pen jing yu cha hua ji yi ; Lanzhou; 1986.  LCC #88132276.  111 pp.  Illustrations.

ZH          Pen jing zao xing yu zhi zuo ; Shenyang; 1983.  LCC #85133552.  30 pp.

ZH          Pen zai ru men ; Taibei; 1982.  157 pp.  Illustrations.

ZH          Pen zai shi jie ; Taibei Shi; 1982.  LCC #85101237.  224 pp.  Illustrations. 

               A People Book ; Bonsai Clubs International; 1978.  Third Edition.  20 pp.

KO          Punjae: kich'o eso sijak hanun immun ch'wimi ui sop'um ; Seoul: Chonwon Munhwasa; 1988.  199 pp.

KO          Punjae immun ; Soul: Un'gwangsa; 1991.  205 pp.  Head of title: "Yoga sonyong kwa ch'wimi saenghwal ul wihan."

KO           Punjae paekkwa: kich'o eso chonmun chisik kkaji ; Soul: Chonwon Munhwasa; 1987.  382 pp.

JA           The Secret of Satsuki Bonsai Training and Care ; pre-1999.

ZH/E        Shang-hai p'en ching (Shanghai miniature gardening) ; Shanghai; 1990?

ZH           Shan shui di su ying, Zhongguo pen cai [i.e. zai] ; Taibei Shi; 1982.  LCC #84203346.  126 pp.  Illustrations.

ZH           Shi jie pen zai qi shi qi jing (Drawf [sic]-tree culture in the world, impressibe [sic] views) ; Yongshe Shi; 1983?  LCC #84140964.  225 pp.  Illustrations. 

ZH           Shi nei wai yuan yi zai pei: zhuan wei mei hua nin di jia yun -- zhuang shi, zai pei, guan shang ; Taibei Shi; 1983.  LCC #83223756.  160 pp.  Illustrations.

JA            The Shohin Bonsai, Vol. I, Conifer ; pre-1988.  160 pp.

KO/E ?     Soosuk ; Daewonsa Publishing Co, Ltd; 1989.  ISBN 89-369-0072-2.  #72 in a series of books about Korean Culture.

ZH          Yuan yi pen jing ; Taibei Xian Zhonghe Shi; 1993.  ISBN 9575262433.  96 pp.  Illustrations.

ZH          Zhongguo pen jing qi shi: jia ting pen jing qi shi gong 260 pen ; Gaoxiong Shi; 1984.  LCC #84223384.  184 pp.  Illustrations.

ZH          Zhongguo pen jing xin shang yu zhi zuo ; Beijing; 1991.  LCC #94453392.  106 pp.  Illustrations.

ZH          Zhongguo pen jing yi shu ; Beijing; 1992.  LCC #95462604.  92 pp.  Illustrations.

JA           Zuisho, Accomplishing a Modern Bonsai Style ; pre-1999.


JA      Abe, Jin   Shohin bonsai ; 1977.  LCC #78800625.  132 pp.  Illustrations.

JA      Adachi, Kenji   Bonsai ; Mainichi Shimbun Sha; 1976.  221 pp.  Illustrations.

          Adam, Rudi   Basic Bonsai Workbook ; Rudi Adam's Olive Grove School of Bonsai; 1983.  ISBN: 0620068817 ; ISBN-13: 9780620068819.  24 pp.    New 09/23/17

          Adam, Rudi   Bonsai in South Africa ; Cape Town: Struik Publishers (Pty) LTD; 1992.  ISBN 1868252108.  162 pp.  Foreword by John Naka.

          Adams, Peter D.   The Art of Bonsai ; London: Ward Lock Ltd.; 1990, 1981.  2nd edition.  ISBN 0-7063-6837-1.  160 pp.  Thirty-two pages of color photos.  Seventy-two b&w photos, seventy-seven line drawings, and ninety-eight color plates.

DE     Adams, Peter D.   Die Kunst Bonsai zu züchten ; München: Heyne; 1984.  329 pp.  Translation of the above by Edith Aulich.

FR     Adams, Peter D.   L'art du bonsaï ; La Prairie Québec: Éditions Broquet; 1990.  184 pp.  Translation of the above.

          Adams, Peter D.   The Art of Flowering Bonsai ; London: Ward Lock Ltd.; 1998. ISBN 0-7063-7625-0.   128 pp.  Sixty-seven color photographs by Bill Jordan.  Fifty b&w line drawings by the author.  "This book is dedicated to the memory of my fellow artist, Christian Caspar."  Original ad. price: $24.95

ES     Adams, Peter D.   El Arte de Florecer Bonsai ; 1998.  126 pp.  Translation of the above.

          Adams, Peter D.   Bonsai Design I ; Hampshire: FD Graphics, Ltd.; 1985. 112 pp.  Twenty-four color photos & numerous illustrations.

          Adams, Peter D.   Bonsai Design: Deciduous and Coniferous ; New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.; 1988.  140 pp.

          Adams, Peter D.     Bonsai Design: Japanese Maples ; New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.; 1988.  128 pp.  ISBN 0806969024.  First published in Great Britain in 1988 by Unwin Hyman as Bonsai Design: The Japanese Maple.  Color photos by Jonathan Harrison with Dan Barton.  B&w line drawings by the author.  Designed by Colin Lewis.  Original ad. price: $17.95

          Adams, Peter D.   Bonsai Design: Scots Pine, Common Larch, Japanese Larch ; New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.; 1986?  112 pp.  24 color photos, illustrations.  Original ad. price: $16.95

         Adams, Peter D.   Bonsai Landscapes ; London: Ward Lock; 1999.  ISBN 0-7063-7767-2.   128 pp.   Eighty-three color photographs by Bill Jordan.  109 b&w line drawings by the author.

          Adams, Peter D.   Successful Bonsai Growing ; London: Ward Lock Limited; 1978, 1987.  Second edition.  96 pp.  Sixteen color photos and cover.  Twenty-two b&w photos and many line drawings.  USDA

          Adams, Peter D.   Successful Bonsai Shaping ; North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar SquarePublishing; 1993.  144 pp.  B&w line drawings and ten color photos by the author.  First published in 1993 in Great Britain by Ward Lock.

          Ainsworth, John   The Art of Indoor Bonsai: Cultivating Tropical, Sub-tropical and Tender Bonsai ; North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square Publishing; 1989.  128 pp.  Fifty-six color photos by Bob Challinor, and over fifty line drawings.  First published in Great Britain in 1988.

FR     Ainsworth, John   Comment créer et entretenir vos bonsaï d'intérieur, espèces fragiles, espèces tropicales et subtropicales; Paris: Bordas; 1990.  128 pp.  Translation of the above by Isabelle Samson and Rémy Samson.

ES     Ainsworth, John   El arte del bonsai de interior ; Omega S.A.  ISBN 84-2820884-0.  132 pp.  Translation of the above.

          Ainsworth, John   Indoor Bonsai ; Ward Lock Ltd.; 1990, 1991.  96 pp.  Color photographs by Bob Challinor.  Line drawings, based on sketches by the author, were drawn by Peter Bull Art.  First published as Concorde Gardening: Indoor Bonsai in Great Britain in 1990.

JA      Aiseki-kai Editorial Department (ed.)   Suiseki, Biseki; Jituji Hyakka (Suiseki, Biseki; Practical Encyclopedia) ; Tokyo: Juseki-sha; 1972.

          Albert, Karin and Sander Heilig   The Bonsai Companion: An Easy Guide to Bonsai Maintenance for the First-time Owner ; Venus Communications; 1997.  ASIN: B000PEP20Y.  Illustrations by Heilig.

ES      Alonso de La Paz, Francisco Javier   ABC de Los Bonsais ; Agata; 1999.  ISBN 8482384228.  96 pp.

ES      Alonso de La Paz, Francisco Javier   Bonsai: Manual Del Aficionado ; Madrid: Agata; 1999.  ISBN 8482382993.  95 pp.

ES      Alonso De La Paz, Francisco Javier   Bonsais: Tecnicas y Mantenimiento ; Agata; March 1999.  48 pp.  ISBN A9788482383040.

          Alstadt, Lynn R. Perry and Dorothy S. Young (eds.)   A Manual For Appreciating, Judging, and Buying Bonsai ; American Bonsai Society; 1969, 1970, 1974.  64 pp.  Original ad. price: $3.50.  USDA

          Anderson, Charles and Ruth Anderson   The Care & Feeding of Bonsai: A Basic Manual ; HarborCrest; 1988.  21 pp.

JA      Aoki, Kotaro   Nyumon Sumi no Bonsai ; Osaka: Hikarinokuni, Inc.; 1977.

FR     Aparicio Mena, Alfonso J.   Le bonsaï, un peu de poésie naturelle ; Saint-Nazaire: Fédération française de bonsaï; 1996.  103 pp.  Illustrated.   Translated from the Spanish.

JA      Aragaki, Hideo   Shizen to Jinsei ( Nature and Life ); 1987.  Collected essays by the author from Bonsai Shunju magazine.

          Argall, Phyllis   Dwarf trees in the Japanese mode ; New York: Citadel Press; 1964.  145 pp.  USDA

RU    Argall, Phyllis   Vyrashchivanie kaplikovykh derev'ev po iaponskomu sposobu ; fortunatoba, I.K.; 1985.  92 pp.  Translation of the above.

SI      Amaratunga, Rev. Fr. Artie   Growing Bonsai in Sri Lanka and the Tropics ; 1990.  

          Armstrong, Betsy   A Bonsai Story: The Life of a Japanese White Pine ; pre-1999?

JA      Asano, Kiyoshi   Bonsai tsukuri no jissai (Tōkyō: Nō-san-gyoson Bunka Kyōkai; 1967)  359 pp.  Illustrated (some color).   USDA

JA      Asano, Kiyoshi   Bonsai Zukuri Myumon (An Introduction to Bonsai) ; DaiNihonzusho; 1965.

JA      Asano, Kiyoshi   Shohaku Bonsai No Jitsusai (The Truth About Coniferous Bonsai) ; Nosan Gyoson Bunka Kyokai; 1970.

          Ashberry, Anne   Miniature Gardens ; London: C.A. Pearson, 1951; NY: Van Nostrand, 1952.  120 pp.  Drawings by Rita Parsons.

          Ashberry, Anne   Miniature Gardens ; Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles (Publishers) Limited; 1977.  135 pp.  37 line drawings by Creina Glegg.  20 b&w plates.  Revised compilation of her five earlier books.

          Aske, Gladys   Bonsai, dwarfing trees in the modern manner ; St. Helena, Ca; 1962.  LCC #62005980.  Illustrations.

JA      Ayusawa, Sengyo   Suiseki mondō: yoi ishi warui ishi ; Tokumashoten; 1964.

HU     Bács, László   A nagy bonsai könyv ; Pesti Szalon Könyvkiadó Kft. ; 1993.  ISBN 963605147X.  118 pp.   New 04/22/23

          Ballard, Ernesta Drinker   The Art of Training Plants ; New York: Harper & Brothers; 1962; 1974 reprint (paper).  128 pp.  Color frontispiece and forty-nine b&w photos throughout.  "Extending the Oriental Art of Bonsai to Western Conditions and with Decorative Plants."  Said to have been the first book on bonsai written by an American.  USDA

JA      Bando, Sumio   Bonsai No Shitate Kata (How to Make Bonsai) ; Tokyo: Kin-en-sha; 1964  247 pp.  "How to Do" series.  USDA

          Baran, Robert J.   Designing Dwarfs in the Desert, Up Through the First 35 Years of the Phoenix Bonsai Society ; Phoenix, AZ: Pyramid Dancer Publications; 1997.  # ISBN-10: 0965991334 ; ISBN-13: 978-0965991339.   82 pp.  Fifty b&w photos and charts.  "To Paul Matsusaki, Leroy Fujii, and John Naka, the three pillars of this club, with great respect and heartfelt thanks."  Original cover price: $12.95

          Barron, James H.   How to raise living miniature trees for pleasure and profit ; Living Miniatures; 1952.  ASIN: B0007FEL04  55 pp.

          Bartels, Andreas and John Philip Baumgardt   Gardening with dwarf trees and shrubs ; London: Helm; 1987, 1986.  ISBN 0747002134.  294 pp.  Ilustrated.  Original cover price: £22.95  Translated from the German.

          Barton, Dan   The Bonsai Book ; London: Ebury Press; 1989.  ISBN 0852237421.  160 pp.  "For Cecilia, Julian, Philippa, Henry and Daniel with all my love."

ES      Barton, Dan   El libro del Bonsai ; Naturart S.A.; 1990.   ISBN 84-8753520-8.  160 pp.  Translated from the above by José Berruezo.

IT      Barton, Dan   Grande Manuale Del Bonsai ; Milano: G. Mondadori; 1990.  Translation of the above.

          Batchelder, Brian   New Horizons in Bonsai ; Miami, FL: WLRN-TV; 1990.  146 pp.

IT      Bazzali, Carlo   Bonsai: bricolage - tecniche - esperienze ; Bologna: Edizioni Agricola; 1988.  ISBN 8820630915.  88 pp.

IT      Bazzali, Carlo   Construite da vol il vostro Bonsai ; Bologna: Edizioni Agricola; 1989.  63 pp.

IT      Bazzali, Carlo   Introduzione all'arte Bonsai ; Bologna: Edizioni Agricola; 1990.  ISBN 8820627981.  57 pp.  Eight pp. plates.

ES     Bazzali, Carlo   Introducción al arte del bonsai ; Madrid: Mundiprensa; 1990.  85 pp.  Translated from the above.

IT      Bazzali, Carlo   Tecnica Bonsai ; Bologna: Edagricole; 1994.  ISBN 8820637669.  138 pp.  Illustrated.

          Beauchamp, C.   Bonsai, Their Growth and Care ; Toronto: Coles Publishing; 1975.  131 pp.  Illustrated.  USDA

          Behme, Robert Lee   Bonsai, Saikei and Bonkei: Japanese Dwarf Trees and Tray Landscapes ; New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.; 1969.  LCC #68-56412.   255 pp.  Color and b&w photos.  Original ad. price: $9.95.  USDA

DE     Behme, Robert L.   Bonsai: ein faszinierendes Hobby: Zuchten und Pflegen japanischer Zwergbäume ; München: W. Heyne; 1989. ©1980.  ISBN 3453413628.   316 pp. and six pp. of plates.  Translation of the above by Edith Aulich.

ZH     Beijing Penjing Society (ed.)   The Art of Beijing Ornamental Stone and Penjing ; Beijing: China Forestry Publisher; 1999.  140 pp.

          Bender, Richard W.   Herbal Bonsai, Practicing the Art with Fast-Growing Herbs ; Mechanicsburg, PA: Stockpole Books; 1996.  ISBN 0811727882.   100 pp.

          Benz, Willi   The Art of Suiseki, Classic Japanese Stone Gardening ; New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.; 1999.  ISBN 0-8069-6315-8.   192 pp.  USDA

DE     Benz, Willi   Suiseki, Kunstwerke der Natur Prasentiert von Menschen (Suiseki, Artwork of Nature Presented for Mankind) ; München: BLV Publishers Ltd.; 1995.  ISBN 3-405-14717-4.  200 pp.

          Benz, Willi   Suiseki: The Asian Art of Beautiful Stones ; New York: Sterling Publishing; 1999.  Original ad. price: $19.95

DE      Benz, Willi and Paul Lesniewicz   Chinesische Bonsai = Penjing : Geschichte, Gestaltung, Gesunderhaltung, Pflege ; Heidelberg: Verl. Bonsai-Centrum ; Mu?nchen: BLV-Verl.-Ges.; 1991.  ISBN-10: 3924982007; ISBN-13: 9783924982003.  ISBN-10: 3405144477; ISBN-13: 9783405144470.

IT      Bernardi, Paolo   Mi Hanno Regalato Un Bonsai, ... E non so cosa fare! ; Bologna: Edagricole; 1994.  ISBN: 8820637901 ; ISBN-13: 9788820637903.  74 pp.

ES     Berruezo, José   Bonsai: tecnicas y cultivo ; Barcelona: Elfos; 1989.  ISBN 8487251080.  114 pp.

IT      Biaggi, Beatrice   L'arte del bonsai ; Idealibri; 1994.  ISBN 8870822656.  96 pp.

HU     Biró, Tamás  A nagy bonsai könyv ; Pesti Szalon Könyvkiadó Kft. ; 1993.  ISBN 963605147X.  118 pp.   New 04/22/23

          Black, Shirley  A history of bonsai in New Zealand ; Timaru, NZ; 1999.  OCLC # 154308749;  30 pp.  Illustrated.

          Black, Shirley and New Zealand Bonsai Association Steering Committee   New Zealand native trees as bonsai ; 1994;  OCLC # 153952725.  28 pp.  Illustrated.

          Bloomer, Mary Holmes   Timeless Trees, the U.S. National Bonsai Collection ; Flagstaff, AZ: Horizons West; 1986.  ISBN 0873584955.   120 pp.  Sixty-seven color plates.  Photography by Peter L. Bloomer.  Original ad. price: $60.00

          Boardman, Raymond   How to Start A Bonsai Club ; BCI Publications; 1978.  28 pp.  Illustrations.  USDA

          Bohn, Portia and Wallace B. Stone   Bonsai, A Guide For Baffled Buyers ; Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press; 1975.  ISBN 0913668397.   92 pp.  Eight b&w line drawings and ninety-four photos, including of the authors on the last page.  USDA

          Bollman, Willi E.   Kamuti, A new way in bonsai ; London: Faber & Faber, Limited; 1977, 1974. ISBN 0-571-11060-6.   106 pp.  Thirty-three sets of line drawings and sculptures, twelve b&w plates and two color plates.  USDA

          Bonsai Kai of the Japan Society   An Introduction to Bonsai ; New York: Gallery Books; 1989.  ISBN 0-8317-0949-9.   89 pp.  Text © Bonsai Kai, London, 1989.  Illustrations © Dandelion Editions Ltd., 1989.   Forty color photos by Peter Adams, Dan Barton, Peter Chan, Bill Jordan, Colin Lewis, James McCurrach, and Harry Tomlinson..  Thirty-seven b&w line drawings.

JA      Bonsai Sekai Henshūbu   Shōhin bonsai shashinshū ; Tōkyō: Jusekisha; 1972.  186 pp.  Illustrated.  USDA

JA      Bonsai World, Editors of   Shohaku Bonsai Hyatuka: Tsukuri Kata No Kotsu (Concise Coniferous Bonsai Handbook, Tricks of Making) ; Jusekisha; 1970.

ES      Botero de Borrero, Beatriz and Martha Olga Botero de Gomez   Hagamos Bonsai ; Calí, Columbia: Electronic Pre-Press, Editorial XYZ; 1987.  320 pp.

           Botero de Borrero, Beatriz and Martha Olga Botero de Gomez   Bonsai Ways ; Sudbury, MA: Stone Lantern Publishing Co.; 1993.  ISBN 958-33-0058-6.   308 pp.  Eighty-six diagrams by Martha, thirty-seven color photographs by Jorge Mejia Ordóñez, three acetates.  With extensive Appendix.  Translation of above.  Original ad. price: $35.00

ES      Bovet, Isabel and María del Tura Bovet   Guía práctica del Bonsai ; Barcelona: De Vecchi; 1990.  128 pp.  Translated from the Italian. 

PT      Bovet, María del Tura and Isabel Bovet   Manual práctico del Bonsai; Barcelona: De Vecchi; 1996.

           Bowley, Keith G.   The Art of Bonsai; Reed; 1970.  ISBN 0589005138.  64 pp.

           Brilmayer, Bernice   All About Miniature Plants and Gardens, Indoors and Out ; Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.; 1963.  "For my family, again and again.  The future is coming closer."  Original cover price: $4.95

           Bromage, D.N.   Create Your Own Bonsai -- from Seeds and Cuttings ; 1976.  20 pp.

           Brownell, Richard R.   A supplementary lab manual for bonsai culture ; San Luis Obispo, CA: CA Polytechnic State University; 1982.  64 pp. 

           Bultinck, Arsene C.P.   Bonsai For Everyone ; Peoria: Sigma Press (Pty) Ltd for Valhalla, Bonsai Institute of South Africa; 1992.  Seventh Impression.  61 pp.  Line drawings and b&w photos. 

           Bunce, Dawn   Terrariums & Miniature Gardens, including Bonsai ; Summit Books; 1978.  80 pp. 

DE      Busch, Werner M.   Bonsai ; München: BLV Publishers Ltd.; 1995.  ISBN 3-405-14707-7.   99 pp.

DE      Busch, Werner M.   Bonsai aus heimischen Bäumen und Sträuchern ; München: BLV Publishers Ltd.; 1993.  ISBN 3-405-14455-8.   143 pp.

DE      Busch, Werner M.   Bonsai from native trees and shrubs ; Brunel House/Newton Abbot/Devon: David & Charles; 1995.  ISBN 0-7153-0336-8 (trade) / 0-7153-0537-9 (paper).   144 pp. 174 color photos, b&w line drawings.  Translation by Jenny Drey of the above.

            Busch, Werner M.   Indoor Bonsai for Beginners: Selection, Care, Training ; New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.; 1997.  First published in UK 1997 Ward Lock, London.  ISBN 0-7063-7583-1.   112 pp.  Color illustrations and photos.  © Falken-Verlag GmbH, Niedernhausen.

DE      Busch, Werner M.   Zimmerbonsai, Auswahl, Pflege, Gestaltung ; Niedernhausen: Falken-Verlag; 1995.  ISBN 3-80681561-5.   112 pp.

RU      Busch, Werner M.   Bonsai in our house: Selection, care, building ; Interbook business; 1998.  ISBN-10: 3-8068-1561-5 ; ISBN-13: 5-89164-048-1.  114 pp.  Format: PDF.  Size: 6 MB.

FR      Caillois, Roger   L'écriture des pierres ; Albert Skira ; 1970. 136 pp.

IT       Canzian, Red   Magia Dell'Albero: grandi alberi d'Europa in natura e coltivati a bonsai (The magic of the tree) ; Milano: Fabbri; 1992.  ISBN 8845044262.  191 pp.  Illustrated.  Photographs by Elio Ciol.

DE     Canzian, Red   Bonsai ; Remseck: Unipart-Verlag; 1994.  ISBN 3-81223394-0.   191 pp.  Translation of the above?

          Cathey, Henry M.   Growing Bonsai ; United States Department of Agriculture; 1977. Home and Garden Bulletin No. 206.  Originally issued August 1973.  Slightly revised Feb. 1977.  21 pp.  Nine b&w photos and six line drawings.  Prepared by author.  USDA

IT      Cecchini, Roberto   Bonsai: il giardino in miniatura ; Padova: MEB: Distribuzione, Gruppo Editoriale Muzzio; 1989.  ISBN 887669000X.   146 pp., twelve pp. of plates.

          Ceronio, Charles   Bonsai Styles of the World ; South Africa; 1999?  ISBN 0-620-24516-6.  227 pp.  Color and b&w photos, line drawings.

FR     Chambrin, Jack   Guide de l'amateur de Bonsai: comment pousse l'arbre a penser ; Paris: Maison Rustique; 1981.  ISBN 2706601345.   107 pp.  Ouvrage realise sous la direction de Jean-Marie Pruvost-Beaurain.

          Chan, Peter   Bonsai: The Art of Growing and Keeping Miniature Trees ; Secaucus, NJ: Wellfleet Press; 1985.  ©1985 Quintet Publishing Limited.  ISBN 1-55521-383-9.   London: Tiger Books International; 1993.  ISBN 1855013576.   174 pp.  Photos by Larry Bray, illustrations by Lorraine Harrison.

IT      Chan, Peter   Il grande libro del Bonsai ; Novara: Instituto geografico De Agostini-Serie Gorlich; 1986.  174 pp.  Translation of above by Carlo Oddone.

FR     Chan, Peter   L'art du bonsaï, Paris: Éditions Atlas; pre-2000.

FR     Chan, Peter   La passion des bonsaïs, Paris: Éditions Atlas; pre-2000.

          Chan, Peter   Bonsai Masterclass ; New York: Sterling Publishing Co.; 1988, 1987.  ISBN 0-8069-6762-5.   166 pp.  Seventy-two color photos and drawings.  Original ad. price: $19.95

IT      Chan, Peter   I segreti del Bonsai ; Novara: Instituto geografico De Agostini-Serie Gorlich; 1988.  ISBN 8840200096.   160 pp.    Translation and revision of above by Carlo Oddone.

NL     Chan, Peter   Het grote bonsai boek: een onmisbare en praktische gids voor liefhebbers van kunstzinnig tuinieren ; Helmond: Helmond; 1988.  160 pp.  Translation of the above by Ben Beekman and Sally MacEachern.

DE     Chan, Peter   Bonsai Masterclass: Anzucht, Pflege, Gestaltung ; Stuttgart: Kosmos; 1989.   ISBN 3440059375.  160 pp.  Translated and edited by Hermann Metz.

          Chan, Peter   The Complete Book of Bonsai: Principals and Practice ; New York: Marboro Books Corp.; 1989.  160 pp.  In England, as The Complete Book of Bonsai: An Inspirational Guide.

IT      Chan, Peter   Create il vostro bonsai ; De Agostini; 1990.  ISBN 8840203982.  128 pp.  Illustrated.  Translation of Create your own bonsai with everyday garden plants.

FR     Chan, Peter   Créez votre bonsaï ; Paris: Éditions Atlas; 1990.  128 pp.  Illustrated.  Translation of Create your own bonsai with everyday garden plants.  

           Chandlee, Dennis and Edmund Chandlee   Beyond Bonsai Cartoon Book ; Chandlee Enterprises; 1991.

KO/ZH? Chang, Chun-gun   Susok ; Soul T'ukpyolsi: Taewonsa; 1989.  ISBN 8936900722.  LCC #90835763.  105 pp. Illustrations.  

KO      Chang, Chun-gun   Tol ui mot: Susok ch'wimi ui sekye ; Kyemyongsa ; 1971.  245 pp.

ZH      Ch'en, Shui-yüan   P'en tsai pai k'o ; 1974.  LCC #75836664.  258 pp.  Illustrations. 

ZH      Ch'en, Su     Hsiao p'in p'en tsai ; Hong Kong; 1979.  LCC #80841571.  133 pp.  Illustrations.  English title on cover: Small bonsai.  Text chiefly in Chinese, with some English.

ZH      Chen Jin Pu and Liu Zhong Ming   Lingnan Penjing Chuan Shi Zhen Pin (Lingnan Penjing, Classic Specimens) ; Guandong Technical Publisher; 1998.  128 pp.

ZH      Chen Jizhou (ed.)   Penjing Yishu (The Art of Potted Landscapes) ; Jinan: Ziran Wenhua Zilie Conshu; 1998.  239 pp.   Illustrations.

ZH      Chen, Sifu   Pen jing zhuang tou pan zha ji yi ; Chengdu, 1982.  LCC #83174242.  80 pp.  Illustrations.

ZH      Cheng, Fong-wing and Ming-wong Soo   Picking Up Stones - Nurturing Stones - Enjoying Stones; 1996.

KO      Chi, Yun-hwan   Susok: kamsang eso put'o t'amsik kkaji ; Hongsin Munhwasa; 1989.  ISBN 8970554009.

ZH      Chia, Shu-li   Penjing hua niao jinyu (Bonsai, flowers, birds and goldfish) ; Kuang-chou; 1981.  65 pp.

            Chidamian, Claude   Bonsai -- Miniature Trees, Their Selection, Culture, and Care ; New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.; 1955.  96 pp., plus forteen pp. of plates.  Illustrated by Shirlea Hatcher.  B&w photos and line drawings.  "To P.B.P."  USDA

KO      Chon, Pong-gon   Paekkil kkunkin naru eso ; Seoul: Koryowon; 1987.  LCC #88825004.  316 pp.

            Chou Cheng   Nature in Miniature ; Supplement to China Reconstructs, April 1964.  18 color photographs.   New 06/09/19

ZH      Chou, Shou-chüan   P'en tsai ch'ü wei Shang-hai: Shang-hai wen hua ch'u pan she; 1957.  LCC #59000129.  53 pp.  Illustrations.  USDA

ZH      Chu, Chen-wen   Jiating penzai taoshu (Chia t'ing p'en tsai t'ao shu) Ha-erh-pin: Hei-lung-chiang k'o hsüeh ch'u pan she, 1983.  62 pp.  Illustrated.   USDA

            Clark, Randy   Outstanding American Bonsai ; Portland, OR: Timber Press; 1989.  132 pp.  Photography by Peter Voynovich.

            Clay, Horace F.   Greener Gardens: Hawaiian Potted Plants ; Honolulu: Al Fujisawa & Associates; 1976.  88 pp.  Photography by Rick Golt.  USDA

ES       Collazo, Fernando L. and Maria T.   Bonsai -- Basico Y Sencillo ; Puerto Rico; 1988?

FR      Coiteux, Louis Philippe and David Easterbrook   Les Bonsai: Techniques et Entretiens ; Québec: Editions du Trécarré; 1997.  145 pp.

            Cooper, W.P. and Jerry P. Stowell   Indoor Bonsai ; Bonsai Society of Greater New York; 1967.  22 pp.  Fifteen b&w photos by Cooper and Edmuhnd B. Gilchrist, Jr.  Original ad. price: $1.00.  USDA

            Cortizas, David   Taishoen Bonsai ; c.2011.  192 pp.  Over 500 color photographs.

ES       Cortizas, David   Taishoen Bonsai ; c.2011.  192 pp.  Over 500 color photographs.

PT       Cortizas, David   Taishoen Bonsai ; c.2011.  192 pp.  Over 500 color photographs.

            Covello, Vincent T. and Yuji Yoshimura   The Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation, Suiseki and Its Use with Bonsai ; Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle; 1996, 1984.  ISBN 0-8048-1485-6 (trade) / 0-8048-2047-3 (paper).   166 pp.  Seventy-one color plates, 81 b&w photos, and 15 line drawings.  Original ad. price: $21.50.  USDA

ES       Covello, Vincent T. and Yuji Yoshimura   El arte japonés de contemplar piedras: Suiseki y su uso con bonsai ; Ediciones Omega S.A.   ISBN-13: 978-8428209564 ; ASIN: 8428209561.  172 pp.  Translation of the above.

IT       Covello, Vincent T. and Yuji Yoshimura   L'Arte Del Suiseki, collezionare pietre: raccolta, esposizione e uso con i bonsai ; Milano: Edizioni Snev; 1994.  ISBN-10: 8887257191 ; ISBN-13: 9788887257199.  166 pp.  Translation of the above by A. Bonecchi.

IT       Crespi, Luigi   Bonsai, guida practica all'arte e alla coltivazione ; Fabbri Editori.  217 pp.  Color illustrations.

DE     Crespi, Luigi and Steffen Umsonst   Bonsai: Gestaltung und Pflege von Zwergbäumen ; Augsburg: Naturbuch-Verl.; 1992.  216 pp.  Translated from the above by Marianne Hollatz.

           Crespi, Luigi   Bonsai Complete Illustrated Guide ; Book Sales, Inc.; 1995. ISBN 0-7858-0215-0.  Translation of the above.

ZH      Cui, Youwen   Zhongguo pen jing ji qi zai pei ; Shang wu; 1958  160 pp.

IT       Cuppini, Pio   Piante E Boschi In Miniatura ; Bologna: Edagricole; 1998.

ZH      Dahui   Zhongguo Linnan pai Fangcun pen jing yi shu (Fangcun art of pot landscape of the Lingnan school) ; Guangzhou Shi Fangcun Qu ren min zheng fu; 1993.

IT        Dal Col, Armando   Bonsai. L'evoluzione, Flora italica per il giardino della serenità ; Padova: MEB; 1991.  ISBN 8876692746.  256 pp.

IT        Dal Col, Armando   Bonsai suiseki. La storia, il trapianto, il rinvaso. Crescere un bonsai, creare un paesaggio su roccia ; MEB; 1992.  ISBN 8876693602.  178 pp.

DE      Daute, Horst   BONSAI: Pflege und Anzucht japanischer Zwergbäume ; München: BLV Verlagsgesellschaft mbH., 1998; 1980.  ISBN 3-405-15338-7.   121 pp.

NL      Daute, Horst   Bonsai: verzorging en teelt van Japanse minibomen ; Zutphen: Thieme; 1981.  122 pp.  Translation of the above by Bert Schut.  

SV       Daute, Horst   Bonsai: odling och skötsel av dvärgträd ; Stockholm: Norstedt; 1982.  121 pp.  Translation of the above by Erik Dahlberg and Gunnie Jacobsson.

           Daute Horst   The MacMillan Book of Bonsai ; NY: Collier Books, MacMillan Publishing Company; 1986.  ISBN 0020626606.   121 pp.  Translation of the above by Carole Ottesen.

ES       Daute, Horst   Bonsai ; Omega S.A.; 1999.   ISBN 84-2820691-0.  128 pp.  Translation of the above.

           Davies, Joe   Creating Bonsai ; North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square Publishing; 1995.  ISBN 0-7134-7763-6.

           Davies, Joe   Suiseki, The Oriental Art of Stone Appreciation, Bonsai Complimentary Art Form ; 1996 .

           Davis, Margaret   Living Flower Arrangements ; Chicago: Henry Regnery Company; 1971.  122 pp.  Most photos by Arthur Davis.  Over half of the color photos are of bonsai.  USDA

           DeGroot, David   Basic Bonsai Design ; American Bonsai Society; 1995.  First printing, 1500 copies.  104 pp.  Some eighty-five b&w drawings and thirty b&w photos.  Six color photos from the Weyerhaueser Pacific Rim Collection.

           Del Tredici, Peter   Early American Bonsai: The Larz Anderson Collection of the Arnold Arboretum ; Jamaica, MA: Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University; 1989.  ISBN 1-878297-00-7.   40 pp.  Thirty-five b&w photos.  Original ad. price: $5.00

           Derderian, Constance (ed.)   Handbook on Bonsai For Indoors ; Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden; 1976, 1983.  77 pp.  #81.  B&w photos and line drawings.  Twenty-first printing, Sept. 1989.  USDA

           Dhanda, Leila   Bonsai Culture ; New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing; 1980, 1984, 1996.  142 pp.

RU     Dhanda, Leila   Kul'tura bonsai: vyrashchivanie kaplikovykh derev'ev ; Moskva: Lesnaja promyslennost'; 1990.  ISBN 5712001969.   126 pp.  Translation of the above by I.T. Gena.

DE      Dietiker, Ulrich   Bonsai

FR      Dietiker, Ulrich   Bonsai: arbres nains japonais ; Lausanne: Payot; 1981.  95 pp.  Translation of the above by Fernand Gay.

           Domoto, Kaneji and George Kay   Bonsai and the Japanese Garden, applying the ancient art and Japanese landscaping to America's gardens ; Barrington, IL: Country-side Books; 1974.  ISBN 0-87955-497-5.   80 pp.  Forty-nine b&w and eighty-six color photos.  USDA

FR/E    Donovan, Dorothy-Ann and Marc Lord with David Easterbrook   Bonsai Penjing, Jardin botanique de Montréal ; Montréal: Editions Marcel Broquet, Quebec; 1985.   ISBN 2-89000-164-4.   143 pp.  Color photos.  Foreword by Jean Drapwau, Mayor of Montreal.

FR/E    Doucet, Dominique   The eBook on Bonsai, http://www.microtec.net/mhcgdd/bonsaien.htm . "©All right reserved MH Concept Graphique June 1998."  The earliest known Internet work on the subject.  Partially translated into English.

            Dreilinger, Sigmund (ed.)     Indoor Bonsai ; Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden; 1990.  96 pp.  Color and b&w illustrations.

            Dunton, Darlene     The Complete Bonsai Handbook ; Briarcliff Minor, NY: Stein and Day; 1979.  ISBN 0-8128-2510-1 (trade) / 0-8128-6008-X (paper).   208 pp.  Twenty color, and 135 b&w photos, and sixty line drawings.  Original ad. price: $15.95 / $9.95.  USDA


JA       Eguchi, Masanao   Yoka no bonsai ; 1964.  LCC #77813312.  236 pp.  Illustrations. 

DE      Elsner, Wilhelm   Bonsai: Miniaturbaume in Gefass ; Leipzig: Verlag fur die Frau; 1989, ©1985.    ISBN 3730402056.   136 pp.  32 pages of photos.

            European Suiseki Association   Suiseki -- The Best of Europe, Vol. 1 ; Switzerland; 1998.  63 pp.


ZH      Fan, Nianlu    Rare Stones of China ; Taipei: Shuxin Publishing House ; 1995.  ISBN: 957-531-436-0.  264 pp.

ZH      Fêng, Kuan-fu   Ch'êng-tu p'ên ching ; 1957.  LCC #59001690.  39 pp.  Illustrations.  USDA

ZH      Feng, Qinduo   Shu zhuang pen jing she ji yu zhi zuo ; Jinan; 1984.  LCC #85191926.  245 pp.  Illustrations.

ZH      Feng, Wenzhi   Selected Works of Longtan Elegant Stones ; Taipei: Longtan Elegant Stone Association ; 1994.  160 pp.  Illustrated.

            Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey E.   The Art of the Bonsai Potato Kit: Zen -- Without the Wait! ; Bottled Lightning, Inc.; 1998.  63 pp. "Requires no sun, water or fertilizer and combines a tongue-in-cheek look at Western culture's desire for inner peace and tranquility with our desire for instant gratification and our chronic lack of time."

            Flipse, David E. and Newton, James R.   Bonsai care: a simple guide for owners ; Arlington, VA: Bonsai Information Guild; 1978.  40 pp.  USDA

ZH      Fu Shanyi and Liu Shanghua (eds.)   Panjing yishu zhanlan (P'en ching i shu chen lan) (An Exhibition of the Art of Penjing ; Beijing; 1979.  270 pp.  Illustrated.  USDA

JA       Fukugawa, Akiko   Bonsai Yochien (Bonsai Kindergarten) ; Shinseikisha; 1958

JA       Fukasawa, Shichiro   Bonsai rojin to sono shuhen ; 1973.  LCC #74808482.  277 pp.


            Gadalla, Josephine Ray   Bonsai by Josephine: a simple guide ; Vine Cottage, Lower Rd., Holme Hale, Thetford, Norfolk IP25 7EB; 1985.  36 pp.  Illustrated.

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Illustrated Guide to Cultivating Fruiting Bonsai ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; pre-1987.

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Illustrated Guidelines to Creating Deciduous Bonsai ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; 1975.

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Illustrated Guidelines to Cultivating Japanese Five-Needle Pine ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; pre-1989.

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Zukai Hanamono Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines to Cultivating Flowering Bonsai ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; 1974.

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Zukai Jitsubutsu Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Genuine Bonsai) ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; 1975.

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Zukai Kojina Zatsumoku Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Small Bonsai) ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; 1977.

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Zukai Kuromatsu Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines to Cultivating Japanese Black Pine Bonsai) ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; 1978.

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Zukai Kusamono Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Accessory Plantings) ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; 1976.  172 pp.  Illustrated.   USDA

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Zukai Satsuki Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Satsuki Azalea Bonsai) ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; 1975.

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Zukai Shimpaku Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Shimpaku Juniper Bonsai) ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; 1975.

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Zukai Zatsumoku Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Miscellaneous Bonsai) ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; 1974.

JA        Gaden Raifu Henshubu (Garden Life Magazine), Editors of   Zukai Zoka No Mini Bonsai: Tsukuri Kata No Subete (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Mini-Flowering Bonsai) ; Tōkyō: Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; 1981.

ZH       Gao, Deju   Zhongguo de pen jing ; Beijing: Ren min chu ban she: Xin hua shu dian jing xiao; 1987.  LCC #88169805.  103 pp.  Illustrations.

ZH       Gao, Deju   Zhongguo pen jing ; Taibei Shi; 1989.  LCC #89180758.  87 pp.  Illustrations.

FR       Gendron, Bernard   Les BONSAI et le SEMIS ; Le Pouliguen: Shizen; 1999.

IT        Genotti, Carlo   Bonsai, I più comuni errori del bonsaista e come evitarli ; Milano: Giovanni De Vecchi Editora; 1991.  ISBN 8841249226.  144 pp.

FR       Genotti, Giovanni   L'art du Bonsaï -- l'art de cultiver arbres et bosquets en miniature ; Éditions De Vecchi; 1987.  ISBN 2-7328-1446-6.  Translation of the above.

ES        Genotti, Giovanni   Bonsai: el bosque, naturaleza en miniatura ; Barcelona: De Vecchi; 1994.  ISBN  A9788431512859 (?).  160 pp.  Translated from the above.

ES        Genotti, Giovanni   Bonsai: los errores mas frecuentes del bonsaista y como evitarlos ; Editorial de Vecchi; 1998.  ISBN 8431520639.  143 pp.

IT        Giorgi, Gianfranco   Bonsai come e perche ( Bonsai: How and Why ); 1981.

IT        Giorgi, Gianfranco   Tutto bonsai ; Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A.; 1990.

            Giorgi, Gianfranco   The Macdonald encyclopedia of bonsai ; London: Macdonald, 1990.  ISBN 0356195988.  255 pp.  Translated from the Italian work published 1990, Milan.

            Giorgi, Gianfranco   Simon & Schuster's Guide to Bonsai ; New York: Simon & Schuster; 1990.  ISBN 0-671-73488-1.   255 pp.  Translation of the above by John Gilbert.  Edited by Victoria Jahn, Brooklyn Botanic Garden.  Over 100 color  photographs by Enzo Arnone.

FR       Giorgi, Gianfranco   Les Bonsaï ; Paris: Solar; 1991.  255 pp.  Translation of the above.

ES        Giorgi, Gianfranco   Guía del bonsai ; Barcelona: Grijalbo; 1992.  254 pp.  Translated from the above by Merce Serrano and Ferran Vallespinos.

IT        Giorgi, Gianfranco   Bonsai ; Mondadori; 1997.  ISBN 8804337869.  255 pp.

            Goff, Paul and Harry Tomlinson   The Bonsai Year Book ; Nottingham: Greenwood Gallery and Sudbury, MA: Stone Lantern Publishing Co.; 1994.  ©1994 Greenwood Gallery.  ISBN 0-9634423-1-7.   98 pp.  162 color illustrations.

            Graham, W.P.   How to custom design contemporary miniature trees ; Los Angeles, CA: United Miniature Tree Associates; 1964.  136 pp.  Illusrated.   USDA

FR       Grandjean, Benoît   La connaissance du Bonsaï ; pre-1999.  240 pp.  Line drawings and photos.  "100 Questions / Réponses"

             Gras, Elsie   Bonsai Society of Victoria: A History of the First Twenty Years ; Greensborough, Vic: Bonsai Society of Victoria; 1993.  ISBN-10: 0646139746 ; ISBN-13: 780646139746.  60 pp.  Edited by Helen Williams.

ZH        Gu, Mingtang   Huaxia qishi (Rare Stones in China), 1955.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   3 nen de dekiru mini-bonsai (Mini-bonsai which can be grown in 3 years) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); 1990.  ISBN 4-540-89143-W.  143 pp.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   Zukai Gun Kyosuke no mini-bonsai 1 Kuro-matsu (Illustrated manual of mini-bonsai for Black pine) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-90099-4.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   Zukai Gun Kyosuke no mini-bonsai 2 Yama-momiji (Illustrated manual of mini-bonsai for maple) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-90128-1.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   Zukai Gun Kyosuke no mini-bonsai 3 Satsuki. Tsutsuji (Illustrated manual of mini-bonsai for Satsuki & azalea) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-90138-9.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   Zukai Gun Kyosuke no mini-bonsai 4 Shimpaku (Illustrated manual of mini-bonsai for Sargent juniper) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-91070-1.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   Zukai Gun Kyosuke no mini-bonsai 5 Umemodoki. Himeringo (Illustrated manual of mini-bonsai for Ilex & Crab-apple) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-91084-1.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   Zukai Gun Kyosuke no mini-bonsai 6 Ume. Sakura (Illustrated manual of mini-bonsai for Japanese flowering apricot & Cherry) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-91104-X.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   Zukai Gun Kyosuke no mini-bonsai 7 Tosyo (Illustrated manual of mini-bonsai for Needle juniper) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-91107-4.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   Zukai Gun Kyosuke no mini-bonsai 8 Kaede (Illustrated manual of mini-bonsai for Trident maple) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-91124-4.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   Zukai Gun Kyosuke no mini-bonsai 9 Keyaki (Illustrated manual of mini-bonsai for Japanese grey-bark elm) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-92019-7.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   Zukai Gun Kyosuke no mini-bonsai 10 Boke. Choujubai (Illustrated manual of mini-bonsai for Flowering quince) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-92033-2.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke   Zukai mini-bonsai kotu no kotu (Illustrated manual of mini-bonsai for all) ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-92099-5.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke and Susumu Kihara   Zusetsu bonsai jitsugi 1 Syohaku 1 ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke and Susumu Kihara   Zusetsu bonsai jitsugi 2 Syohaku 2 ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-94166-6.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke and Susumu Kihara   Zusetsu bonsai jitsugi 3 Hamono ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-95044-4.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke and Susumu Kihara   Zusetsu bonsai jitsugi 4 Hanamono ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-94058-9.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke and Susumu Kihara   Zusetsu bonsai jitsugi 5 Mimono ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-94125-9.

JA         Gun, Kyosuke and Susumu Kihara   Zusetsu bonsai jitsugi 6 Kusamono ; Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1999.  ISBN 4-540-94101-1.

ZH        Guo, Yumei   Jia ting pen zai zheng zi ; Taibei Shi; 1985?  LCC #86107978.  236 pp.  Illustrations.

             Gustafson, Herb L.   Bonsai -- The Creation, Care and Display of Trees in Miniature ; Gresham Plant Publications, pre-1978.

             Gustafson, Herb L.     The Bonsai Workshop ; New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.; 1994.  ISBN 0-8069-0556-5 (trade) / 0-8069-0557-3 (paper).   208 pp.  Some 480 color photos by the author; sixty-eight line drawings by Sally A. Markos.

ES        Gustafson, Herbert L.   El Taller de Bonsai ; 1996.  128 pp.  Translation of the above.

            Gustafson, Herb L.   Keep Your Bonsai Alive and Well ; New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.; 1995.  ISBN 0-8069-1310-X.   96 pp.  178 color photos.

            Gustafson, Herb L.   Keep Your Bonsai Perfectly Shaped ; New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.; 1997.  ISBN 0-8069-8134-2.   112 pp.  Color photos by author and line drawings by Lynn Boyd.

            Gustafson, Herb L.   Low-Maintenance Bonsai ; New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.; 1999.  ISBN 0-8069-6211-9.   96 pp.  Color photos.

            Gustafson, Herb L.   Making Bonsai Landscapes: The Art of Saikei ; New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.; 1995. ISBN 0-8069-1879-9.   192 pp.  253 color photos and 51 brush paintings and line drawings.  USDA

            Gustafson, Herb L.   Miniature Bonsai ; New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.; 1995.  ISBN 0-8069-0982-X.  192 pp.  253 color photos and 51 brush paintings and line drawings.

ES       Gustafson, Herb L.   Bonsai miniatura ; 1997?  192 pp.  Translation of the above.

JA       Hakoda, Naotoshi   Bonsai hanshokuho ; 1975.  216 pp.  Illustrations.  Green Leisure books.

            Hall, Doug and Don Black   The South African Bonsai Book ; Cape Town: Howard Timmins Publishers, Ltd.; 1976.  Third impression, 1983.  ISBN 0-86978-136-7.   93 pp.  Seventeen b&w and three color photos by Jimmy Evans. B&w illustrations by Pieter Le Roux.  Haiku throughout by Hall.  USDA

AF       Hall, Doug and Don Black   Die Suid-Afrikaanse Bonsai Boek ; 1977.  77 pp.  Translation of above.

            Harnett, Charles   Secrets of Bonsai, Care and Maintenance ; Pigeon Forge, TN;1992.  ISBN 0-9630959-0-0.   185 pp.  Illustrations.  Third Edition.

            Harnett, Charles   Miniature Trees: Their Care & Maintenance ; Bonsai East; 1995?   152 pp.  Illustrations.  "Secrets of Bonsai" series.

            Harter, Walter   Gardening under glass: Miniature gardens, terrariums and bonsai ; Bantam Books; 1973.  90 pp.

JA        Hatanaka, Hyō   Bonsaibachi: tōgei kanshō to shite no tanoshisa (Bonsai Pots: The Pleasure of Appreciating Ceramic Art) ; Kōbe-shi : Hatanaka Hyō; 1996.  256 pp.  Preface by Saburō Katō.

            Hawkins, Arch   The Indices ; Flagstaff, AZ: Bonsai Clubs International; 1992.  The indexes to Bonsai (BCI), Bonsai Journal (ABS), Bonsai Today, International Bonsai, and World Tropical Bonsai Forum from their first issues through 1990.  In print (458 pp.) or on computer diskette.

           Hay, John   Kernels of Energy, Bones of Earth: The Rock in Chinese Art;  New York: China House Gallery; ©1985 China Institute of America.  160 pp.  Illustrated with 71 b&w plates and two line drawing maps.

JA       Hayashi, Mitsunori   Ishi o kataru ; Shirakawa Shoin; 1966.  LCC #68003820.  204 pp.  Illustrations.

JA       Hayashi, Tetsuya   Hanaki Bonsai Shitate Kata To Kansatsu (Creation and Care of Flowering Bonsai) ; Nagaoka Shoten; 1978.

JA       Hayashi, Tetsuya   Jitsubutsu Bonsai Shitate Kata To Kansatsu (Creation and Care of Genuine Bonsai) ; Nagaoka Shoten; 1978.

JA       Hayashi, Tetsuya   Shohaku Bonsai Shitate Kata To Kansatsu (Creation and Care of Coniferous Bonsai) ; Nagaoka Shoten; 1978.

JA       Hayashi, Tetsuya   Zatsuki Bonsai Shitate Kata To Kansatsu (Creation and Care of Miscellaneous Bonsai) ; Nagaoka Shoten; 1978.

            Hemy, Capel   How to Grow Miniature Trees, Full instructions for practising the ancient art of BONSAI ; Supplement to Farmer's Weekly, Bloemfontein, January 25, 1967.  20 pp.  17 photographs and seven line drawings.

JA       Henshubu, Nōkō to Engei;   Suiseki no kokoro, ishi no aji ; Seibundō-Shinkōsha Publishing Company; 1966.  220 pp.  Illustrated.  USDA  

JA       Hidaka, Shichirō   Suiseki saijiki ; 1972.  LCC #74809615.  240 pp.  Illustrations.

JA       Higa, Masayoshi (ed.)   Okinawa No Bonsai (Bonsai of Okinawa) ; Orchid Co.; 1998.

            Hill, Lewis  Pruning simplified : a complete guide to pruning trees, shrubs, bushes, hedges, vines, flowers, garden plants, houseplants, and bonsai ; Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press; 1979.  208 pp.  Illustrated.   USDA

JA      Hirota, Jozan   Bankei to Bonkei (Bankei and Bonkei) ; pre-1970.

           Hirota, Jozan   Bonkei, Tray Landscapes ; Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd.; 1970.  128 pp.  Twenty-two color photos, and some two hundred b&w photos and line drawings.  Photos by Yoshikazu Ezaki.  Original ad. price: $6.95.  USDA

JA      Hirota, Jozan   Shumi no bonkei: tanoshii tsukurikata dokushu ; Kin'ensha; 1969.

KO     Ho, Man-uk   Punjae immum ; Seoul: Suyesa; 1983.  LCC #84161903.   192 pp.  Illustrations.

NL      Hop, Martina   Bonsai (Gardening) ; Rebo Productions Ltd.; 1997.  ISBN-10 9036611504 ; ISBN-13 9789036611503.  ASIN 1901094723.  144 pp.  Illustrated by Rik Slinger.

ZH      Horie, Satoo   Pen zai ru men ; Taibei Shi; 1980.  271 pp.

CZ      Hrdlicka, Vena and Zdenek Hrdlicka   Ikebana bonsaï

DE      Hrdlicka, Vena and Zdenek Thoma   Ikebana, Bonsai, Landschaften in Schalen ; Hanau: Dausien; 1990.  222 pp.  Translation of the above by Gisela Matuchová.

FR      Hrdlicka, Vena and Zdenek Hrdlicka   Ikebana bonsaï ; Gennevillers: Ars mundi; 1991.  ISBN 2869010621.   223 pp.  Translation of the above by Colette Müllerová.

            Hrdlicka, Vena and Thoma Zdenek   Ikebana and Bonsai ; London; 1995.  ISBN-10: 1857781007 ; ISBN-13: 978-1857781007.  224 pp.  Edited by Sara Colledge.

CZ      Hrdlicka, Vena and Zdenek Hrdlicka and Petr Herynek   Bonsai, miniaturní strom v misce ; Praha: ZO CZS Bonsai klub Praha, 1983.  106 pp.

ZH      Hsia, I-pin   Hua hui p'ên tsai fa ; 1968.  LCC #68001544.  114 pp.  Illustrations.

ZH      Hsü, Hsiao-pai and Chang, Jen-lung and Zhao, Qingquan   P'en ching / pien chu Pei-ching : Chung-kuo chien chu kung yeh ch'u pan she : Hsin hua shu tien Pei-ching fa hsing so fa hsing ; 1981.  232 pp.  Illustrations.  USDA

ZH/E   Hu, Kemin   The Spirit of Gongshi: Chinese Scholar Rocks ; Newton, MA: L.H. Inc.; 1998.  ISBN 1-878529-51-X.   128 pp.  Over 200 color photographs.  Foreword by Wu Tang.  Essays by Ian WIlson, Richard Rosenblum, and Hu Zhaokang.  USDA

           Hu, Yunhua   The Art of Chinese Miniature Landscapes ; Beijing: Foreign Languages Press; 1989.  164 pp.  Color photos.

           Hu, Yunhua   Chinese Penjing, Miniature Trees and Landscape ; Portland, OR: Timber Press; ©1987, Wan Li Books Co., Ltd., Hong Kong.  ISBN 0-88192-083-5.   171 pp.  One hundred fifty-six color photos by Liang Shenren.  Translation by Karin Albert-Shue.

           Hu, Yunhua   Penjing: The Chinese Art of Miniature Gardens ; Portland, OR: Timber Press; 1982.  ISBN 0-917304-70-5.   166 pp.  Ninety-one color photos by Deng Yongqing and Jin Baoyuan.  Illustrations by Wang Zhiying.  Edited in Chinese by Zheng Guanghua.  Published in cooperation with The American Horticultural Society. © China Pictorial.  Original ad. price: $39.95

ES       Hu, Yunhua   El arte de los paisajes en miniatura de China ; Beijing: Ediciones en lenguas Extranjeras; 1989.  161 pp.

DE      Hu, Yunhua    Penjing-Kunst: Miniaturgartenbau in China ; Beijing: Verlag fur Fremdsprachige Literatur; 1989.  ISBN-10: 7119002635; ISBN-13: 9787119002637.  162 pp.  Illustrations.  Translated edition by Wolfgang Gartmann.

ZH      Hu, Yunhua   Zhongguo pen jing ; Wan li shu dian; 1987.  ISBN-10: 9621403030; ISBN-13: 978-9621403032.  158 pp.  USDA

ZH      Hu, Yunhua and Jin, Baoyuan   Zhongguo pen jing ming zuo xuan ; Shanghai shi: Shanghai san lian shu dian; 1997.  ISBN-10: 7542611194; ISBN-13: 9787542611192.  200 pp.

ZH      Hu, Yunhua, and Yiding Wang, Baoyuan Jin, Yonggang Guo, et al   Shanghai pen jing xin shang yu zhi zuo ; Beijing: Jin dun chu ban she, 1990.  ISBN-10: 7800221512 ; ISBN-13: 9787800221514.  214 pp.   New 07/08/2012

ZH      Hua-wang-chou (pseud.)   P'ên tsai yü p'ên ching ; Hsiang-kang: Hung yeh shu ch'u; 1967.  LCC #68000125.  139 pp.  USDA

ZH      Huang, Dezhang   Taiwan, Riben pen zai he ding ben: gai yao, guan shang, zao xing, pei yang, guan li ru men shu ; Taizhong Shi; Pen jing za zhi she; 1980.  LCC #84164561.  376 pp.  Illustrations.

SV      Hubert, Nina and Tord Hubert   Bonsai inomhus 

DA     Hubert, Nina and Tord Hubert   Bonsai i danske stuer ; Kbh.: Høst; 1991.  73 pp.  Translated from the above by Ulla Dietl.

FI       Hubert, Nina and Tord Hubert   Huonebonsai ; Porvoo: WSOY; 1991.  65 pp.  Translated from the above by Marjatta Vallenius.

           Hull, George F.   Bonsai For Americans, a practical guide to the creation and care of miniature potted trees ; Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.; 1964.  LCC #64-11722.   256 pp.  B&w photos.  Drawings by Florence Hull.  "To my wife, who always abets me in my enthusiasms; my daughter, who has lived uncomplainingly most of her life in a house with more foliage than furniture; my grandchildren, who think everyone lives that way."  USDA

           Hunt, Dave   Challenging Bonsai ; Bonsai Flourishes in New Zealand, Publishers; 1997.  134 pp.

           Hutchinson, Bill and Julie Hutchinson   Suiseki in British Columbia ; Victoria, BC; 1976.  53 pp.  40 b&w photos.  USDA

VI       Huynh Van Thoi   Kieng Co va Chau Xua (The Ancient Styles of Miniature Plants and Pots) ; Ho Chí Minh: Youth Publishing House; 1996.

JA       Ikei, Nozomu   Bonsai No Shakaigaku: Nihonbunka No Kozo (A Social Study of Bonsai: A Discussion in Japanese Culture) ; Sekaishisosha; 1978.

NL      Inoue, H. and J. Rammeloo, et al   Mos, bonkei, bonsai: een eeuwehoud geheim van de Japanse tuinier ; Bruxelles: Hayez.  Meise: National Plantentuin van Belgie, 1989.  137 pp.  Europalia 89, Japan in Belgium exposition catalogue (Oct. 3 - Nov. 5, 1989).

FR      Inoue, H. and J. Rammeloo, et al   Mousses, bonkei, bonsai: un secret seculaire du jardinier japonais ; Bruxelles: Hayez.  Meise: National Plantentuin van Belgie, 1989.  137 pp.  Europalia 89, Japan in Belgium exposition catalogue (Oct. 3 - Nov. 5, 1989).

JA       Inoue, Yoshio   Suiseki no mitate to teire (Appreciation and care of suiseki) ; Tōkyō: Tokuma Shoten; 1966.  221 pp.  USDA

            Ishi, K.   The Essence of Rocks ; 1966.   141 pp.

JA       Ishihara, Nubuo   Kikka-seki (Chrysanthemum Stones) ; Tokyo: Mokuji-sha Publishing Company; 1986.

            Ishimoto, Tatsuo   The Art of Growing Miniature Trees, Plants and Landscapes, Japanese bonsai and bonkei adapted to Western conditions ; New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.; 1956.  143 pp.  One hundred ninety-seven b&w photos.  Seventh Printing, August 1962.  USDA

JA        Itō, Toshiharu   Ishi no shumi; suiseki daiishi no sagashikata tsukurikata ; Tokuma Shoten; 1962.

JA        Iwasa, Ryoji   Bonsai Bunka-shi (Historical study on the bonsai development in the social backgrounds) ; Tokyo: Yasaka Shobo; 1976.   LCC #77800468.  156 pp.  Illustrations.  USDA

JA        Iwasa, Teiji   Bonsai Suiseki no Bunkashi (The Cultural History of Bonsai, Suiseki) ; pre-1981.

JA        Iwasaki, Daizo   Takasagoan Bonsai Collection ; Kyoto: Kindai Shuppan Co., Ltd.; November 27, 1995.  270 pp.  Limited edition of 2,000 copies.  Color illustrations.  Large format with slipcase.  About Iwasaki's private collection of trees, suiseki and pots.  Contributing Supervisor: Yuji Hoshikawa.

JA        Izawa, Shuji with Kuromatsu and Shimogusa   Completely Illustrated Explanation of Bonsai Theories ; Jusekisha; pre-1999.

            Jarvis, John E. (ed.)   Bonsai '75 ; Gulf Breeze, FL: 1976.  B&w photos of 75 select trees exhibited at the 1975 BCI Convention in Miami, plus two photos in color.  Limited first edition, 1000 copies.  Original ad. price: $12.00.  USDA

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