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

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
"B"   Bulgarian
"C"   Chinese
"C/E"   Chinese/English
"D"   Dutch
"F"   French
"F/E"  French/English
"G"   German
"H"   Hindi
"I"   Italian
"J"   Japanese
"J/E"   Japanese/English
"L"   Polish
"N"   Danish
"P"   Portuguese
"R"   Russian
"S"   Spanish
"V"   Swedish
"Y"   Hungarian
"Z"   Czech
 

Subject Code:  penjing , viewing stones , bonkei , saikei , indoor, bonsai



         All About Black Pine; pre-1987.  160 pp.  Color photos & two color drawings.  Twenty-six prominent bonsai artists.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

J/E        Bonsai Masterpieces(Nippon Bonsai Taikan, "Grand View of Japanese Bonsai and Nature in Four Seasons"); Tokyo: Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co., Ltd.; 1972.  Compiled by the Japan Bonsai Society, Inc.  First edition in Japanese April 29, 1970.  352 pp.  First edition in English Aug. 20, 1972.  The ninety page English booklet, translated by Yuji Yoshimura and Samuel H.Beach, includes a small b&w photo of each original color one in the Japanese edition, along with a rendering of most of the text.   Large format in slip case. 

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

J          Bonsai No Shitatekata Ajiwaikata (The Ways of Cultivation and Appreciation of Bonsai); Seibundo Shinkosha; 1964.  252 pp.  Illustrations. 

J          Bonsai Propagation Glossary; pre-1999.

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

J          Bonsaizukuri sodan; 1976.  151 pp. Illustrations. 

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

C/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.

I           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.

J           Gems of Bonsai and Suiseki, Commemorative album of the Tokyo Olympics; Tokyo: Japan Bonsai Association; 1964.  290 pp. 

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

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

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

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

         Illustrated Evergreen Bonsai Book; pre-1999.

         Illustrated Miscellaneous Bonsai Book; pre-1999.

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

            The Imperial Bonsai of Japan; 1976.  140 pp.  280 color plates.  138 of the finest bonsai in the collection and 88 antique containers.  Slip case.

            International Bonsai Digest presents Bonsai Gems; Los Angeles: International Bonsai Digest; 1974.  97 pp.  Juyne M. Tayson, M.D., Editor and Publisher. 

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

         Invitation to the Beauty of Suizeki; pre-1999.

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

            Kakuryuan Bonsai Collection; pre-1989.  Limited edition book of the collection of Kenichi Oguchi. 

         Kokyo No Bonsai (Imperial Palace Bonsai); Mainichi Shinbunsha; 1998.  Compiled by the Bureau of National Treasures.

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

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

J          Matsudaira Mame Bonsai Collection Album; 1975.  208 pp.  Color photos: 110 of mame, six more of miniature tokonoma, four of viewing stones, sixty-two of pots, fifteen of stands, twelve of scrolls, four of garden bench displays, and two dozen others.  With a slipcase. 

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

J/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. 

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

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

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

J          Takasagoan Bonsai Collection, A Paean for the Lovable Trees; Kyoto: Kindai Shuppan Co., Ltd.; November 27, 1995.  Limited edition of 2,000 copies.  Color illustrations.  Large format with slipcase.  Publisher: Daizo Iwasaki (the book is about his private collection of trees, suiseki and pots); Contributing Supervisor: Yuji Hoshikawa.

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

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

        Adam, Rudi   Bonsai in South Africa; Cape Town: Struik Publishers (Pty) LTD; pre-1994.  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. 

G     Adams, Peter D.  Die Kunst Bonsai zu züchten; München: Heyne; 1984.  329 pp.  Translation of the above by Edith Aulich.  Added 08/30/01

F      Adams, Peter D.  L'art du bonsaï; La Prairie Québec: Éditions Broquet; 1990.  184 pp.  Translation of the above.Added 11/23/01

        Adams, Peter D.  The Art of Flowering Bonsai; London: Ward Lock Ltd.; 1998. ISBN 0-7063-7625-0.   128 pp.  Sixty color photographs by Bill Jordan.  Fifty b&w line drawings by the author.

        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. 

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

        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. 

        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. 

F      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.   Added 11/23/01

S     Ainsworth, John El arte del bonsai de interior; Omega S.A.  ISBN 84-2820884-0.  132 pp.  Translation of the above.   Added 08/30/01

        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. 

        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. 

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

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

     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. 

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

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

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

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

        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. 

        Ballard, Ernesta Drinker The Art of Training Plants; New York: Harper & Brothers; 1962.  128 pp.  Color frontispiece and forty-nine b&w photos throughout.  "Extending the Oriental Art of Bonsai to Western Conditions and with Decorative Plants." 

J      Bando, Sumio   Bonsai No Shitate Kata (How to Make Bonsai); Tokyo: Kin-en-sha; 1954.  "How to Do" series.

        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 0-9659913-3-4.   82 pp.  Fifty b&w photos and charts. 

        Barton, Dan   The Bonsai Book; London: Ebury Press; 1989.  ISBN 0852237421.  160 pp. 

S      Barton, Dan   El libro del Bonsai; Naturart S.A.; 1990.   ISBN 84-8753520-8.  160 pp.  Translated from the above by José Berruezo.    Updated 11/23/01

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

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

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

        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. 

G     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.

        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.; pre-1999.  ISBN 0806963158.   192 pp.

G     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; 1999?

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

        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. 

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

        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 authors on last page. 

        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.

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

P      Boret, Ma del Tura and Isabel Boret   Guia práctica del bonsai; pre-1999.

     Boret, Isabel   Manual práctico del Bonsai; pre-1999.

S      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. 

S     Bovet, M. et al   Guía práctica del Bonsai; Barcelona: De Vecchi; 1990.  128 pp.  Translated from the Italian.

        Brilmayer, Bernice All About Miniature Plants and Gardens, Indoors and Out; Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.; 1963. 

        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. 

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

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

        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.

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

G     Canzian, Red  Bonsai; Remseck: Unipart-Verlag; 1994.  ISBN 3-81223394-0.   191 pp.

        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.    Linked 11/27/01

     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?  227 pp.  Color and b&w photos, line drawings. 

F      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.

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

F     Chan, Peter   L'art du bonsaï, Éditions Atlas; pre-2000.  Added 06/30/01

F     Chan, Peter   La passion des bonsaïs, Éditions Atlas; pre-2000.  Added 06/30/01

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

I      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.

D      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.Added 11/23/01

G     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

C      Cheng, Fong-wing and Ming-wong Soo   Picking Up Stones - Nurturing Stones - Enjoying Stones, 1996.  Added 06/30/01

        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. 

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

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

F      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 Edmund B. Gilchrist, Jr.

        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. 

S     Covello, Vincent T. and Yuji Yoshimura   El arte japonés de contemplar piedras; Omega S.A.   ISBN 84-2820956-1.  132 pp.  Translation of the above.  Added 08/30/01

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

G      Crespi, Luigi and Steffen Umsonst Bonsai: Gestaltung und Pflege von Zwergbäumen; Augsburg: Naturbuch-Verl.; 1992.  216 pp.  Translated from the above by Marianne Hollatz.   Added 11/23/01

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

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

D     Daute, Horst   Bonsai: verzorging en teelt van Japanse minibomen; Zutphen: Thieme; 1981.  122 pp.  Translation of the above by Bert Schut.  Added 11/23/01

V     Daute, Horst   Bonsai: odling och skötsel av dvärgträd; Stockholm: Norstedt; 1982.  121 pp.  Translation of the above by Erik Dahlberg and Gunnie Jacobsson.   Added 11/23/01

        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. 

S      Daute, Horst   Bonsai; Omega S.A.   ISBN 84-2820691-0.  128 pp.  Translation of the above.   Added 08/30/01

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

        Davies, Joe   Suiseki, The Oriental Art of Stone Appreciaiton, 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. 

        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. 

        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. 

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

R     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.   Updated 11/23/01

G     Dietiker, Ulrich   Bonsai Added 11/23/01

F     Dietiker, Ulrich   Bonsai: arbres nains japonais; Lausanne: Payot; 1981.  95 pp.  Translation of the above by Fernand Gay. Added 11/23/01

        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. 

F/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.   Color photos. 

F/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.  Added 06/30/01

        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.

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

        Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey E. The Art of the Bonsai Potato Kit: Zen -- Without the Wait!; Bottled Lightning, Inc.; 1998.  63 pp. 

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

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Illustrated Guide to Cultivating Fruiting Bonsai; Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; pre-1987.

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Illustrated Guidelines to Creating Deciduous Bonsai; Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; 1975.

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Illustrated Guidelines to Cultivating Japanese Five-Needle Pine; Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; pre-1989.

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Zukai Hanamono Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines to Cultivating Flowering Bonsai; Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; 1974.

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Zukai Jitsubutsu Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Genuine Bonsai); Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; 1975.

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Zukai Kojina Zatsumoku Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Small Bonsai); Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; 1977.

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Zukai Kuromatsu Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines to Cultivating Japanese Black Pine Bonsai); Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; 1978.

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Zukai Kusamono Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Accessory Plantings); Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; 1976.

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Zukai Satsuki Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Satsuki Azalea Bonsai); Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; 1975.

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Zukai Shimpaku Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Shimpaku Juniper Bonsai); Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; 1975.

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Zukai Zatsumoku Bonsai No Shitate Kata (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Miscellaneous Bonsai); Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; 1974.

     Garden Life Magazine, Editors of   Zukai Zoka No Mini Bonsai: Tsukuri Kata No Subete (Illustrated Guidelines For Creating Mini-Flowering Bonsai); Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company; 1981.

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

      Genotti, Carlo  Bonsai; Milano: Giovanni De Vecchi Editora; pre-1990.

      Genotti, Giovanni Bonsai: el bosque, naturaleza en miniatura; Barcelona: De Vecchi; 1990.  160 pp.  Translated from the above. Updated 11/23/01

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

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

        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. 

F      Giorgi, Gianfranco  Les Bonsaï; Paris: Solar; 1991.  255 pp.  Translation of the above.   Added 11/23/01

S      Giorgi, Gianfranco  Guía del bonsai; Barcelona: Grijalbo; 1992.  254 pp.  Translated from the above by Merce Serrano and Ferran Vallespinos.Added 11/23/01

        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. 

F       Grandjean, Benoît La connaissance du Bonsaï; pre-1999.

J        Gun, Kyosuke 3 nen de dekiru mini-bonsai (Mini-bonsai which can be grown in 3 years); Nousan gyoson bunka (Nobunkyo); pre-1998.  ISBN 4-540-89143-W.

J        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.

J        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.

J        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.

J        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.

J        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.

J        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.

J        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.

J        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.

J        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.

J        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.

J        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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

        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. 

        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.

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

J      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. 

        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. 

J      Hatanaka, Hyoue   Bonsai Pots: The Pleasure of Appreciating Ceramic Art; pre-1999.

        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.

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

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

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

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

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

     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.

J      Hirota, Jozan   Shumi no Bonkei; pre-1970. 

Z      Hrdlicka, Vena and Zdenek Hrdlicka Ikebana bonsaï; Added 11/23/01

G      Hrdlicka, Vena and Zdenek Thoma Ikebana, Bonsai, Landschaften in Schalen; Hanau: Dausien; 1990.  222 pp.  Translation of the above by Gisela Matuchová.Added 11/23/01

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

C/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. 

        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.   Updated 06/30/01

V     Hubert, Nina and Tord Hubert  Bonsai inomhus 

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

        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.

        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.

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

D     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).

F      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).

        Ishi, K.   The Essence of Rocks; 1960s.   141 pp.

        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. 

     Iwasa, Ryoji   Bonsai Bunka-shi; Tokyo: Yasaka Shobo; 1976. 

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

J      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.


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