I       Oddone, Carlo  Bonsai: tecniche di coltivazione; Padova: MEB: Distribuzione, Gruppo Editoriale Muzzio; 1990.  ISBN 8876692266.  Second edition.  142 pp.

S       Oddone, Carlo   El Arte Del Bonsai: Técnicas y Cultivo; Barcelona: Ediciones CEAC, S.A.; 1992.  96 pp.  Seventy-seven color photos, plus many b&w line drawings.  Originally in Italian as Il Bonsai (© Istituto Geografico De Agostini). 

        Okimoto, Elaine and Paul Imada   Bonsai in Hawaii; Alea, HI; 1990. Illustrated by Imada. 

J      Onishi, Katsuhito  The Magical Technician of Kindai Shuppan; Kyoto: Kindai Bonsai Publication; Fall,1982.  179 pp.  Many step-by-step photos.  About Masahiko Kimura. 

J      Onishi, Katsuhito  The Magical Technician of Kindai Shuppan, Part II; Kyoto: Kindai Bonsai Publication; 1984.  176 pp. 

J      Onishi, Katsuhito  The Magical Technician of Kindai Shuppan, Part III; Kyoto: Kindai Bonsai Publication; 1989.  176 pp. 

        Onishi, Katsuhito  The Bonsai Art of Kimura; Sudbury, MA: Stone Lantern Publishing Co.; 1992.  ISBN 0-9634423-0-9.   178 pp.  Originally published in Japanese as The Magical Technician of Kindai Shuppan, Part II plus additional articles from Part I.  Edited and adapted by W. John Palmer.  Translated by Margaret Cullen. Photographs by Kanji Sumida, Ysuke Koromonawa, Tadashi Suei, Ioichiro Kawaguchi. Updated 06/30/01

J/E   Onuki, Chuzo   Bonsai; Tokyo: Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha Co., Ltd.; 1964.  Color illustrations of private collection. 

        Owen, Gordon  The Bonsai Identifier; Seacaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc.; 1990.  128 pp. 

F      Owen, Gordon  Les Bonsaï; Laval Québec: Intrinsèque; 1991.  128 pp.  Translation of the above by Isabelle Séjourné. Added 11/23/01

Z      Owen, Gordon   Pruvodce svetem bonsají; Praha: Svojtka & Co., 1998.  128 pp.  Translation of the above by Alena Vlcková.  Added 11/23/01

        Owen, Grodon  Growing Classic Bonsai; New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.; 1998.  ©1990 Quintet Publishing Ltd.    ISBN 0806937726.   128 pp.  Color photos. 

J      Oyama, Reiryu   Introduction to Bonsai; Tokyo: Taibunkan Publisher; 1967.  Six volumes 

S     Paez de la Cadena, Francisco El libro del bonsai; Madrid: Alianza Editorial; 1992.  ISBN 8420605662.  280 pp.

        Parekh, Jyoti  Tropical Bonsai; Bombay: Vakils, Feffer & Simons, Ltd.; 1977 

        Parekh, Jyoti and Nikunj Parekh   Wonderworld of Bonsai & Saikei: Techniques for Miniature Trees & Tray Landscapes with Introduction of New Plant Material; The Western India Manufacturer's Agency Private Limited; 1984?.  ISBN 819003510X.  153 pp. 160 color photos by the authors and 300 illustrations by Bipin Mistry.  Seventy new plants introduced.  Updated 06/30/01

        Parekh, Jyoti and Nikunj Parekh   Wonderworld of Tropical Bonsai; Bombay: Vakils, Feffer & Simons Ltd.; 1984, 1987. 195 pp.  Second printing.   Eighteen color photos. 

        Pearlstein, Kit  Bonsai Plant Guide; 1960 ?   16 pp.  Seven b&w photos.  Small format.  This apparently was included with many starter plants sold in nurseries and department store garden shops during the 1960s and into the 1970s.

        Perl, Philip and the Editors of TIME-LIFE Books   Miniatures and Bonsai; Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books; 1979.  160 pp.  Color and b&w photos and illustrations.  Specifically, pp. 66-95.  From the Time-Life Encyclopedia of Gardening.

        Perry, Lynn R.  Bonsai: Trees and Shrubs, A Guide to the Methods of Kyuzo Murata; New York: The Ronald Press Company; 1964.  LCC #64-20123. 234 pp.  Sixty b&w photos.  Foreword by Kaname Kato.

F      Pessy, Christian  Les Bonsai: Tradition, culture et variétés; Paris: Éditions Bordas; 1985.  125 pp.  Avec la collab. de Rémy Samson. 

        Pessy, Christian and Rémy Samson   Bonsai Basics, A Step-by-Step Guide to Growing, Training & General Care; New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.; 1992.  ISBN 0-8069-0327-9.   120 pp.  Over 200 color photos and numerous line drawings.  Text and illustrations originally from the above.  Translation, additional text and design ©1989 Reed International Books, Limited. 

        Pessy, Christian (in association with Rémy Samson)   Introducing Bonsai; New York: Gallery Books; 1989.  120 pp.  203 color photos and ninety b&w illustrations.  Same as above. 

S      Pessy, Christian  El gran libro ilustrado del bonsai; Hispano Europea.  128 pp.  Translation of the above.   Added 08/29/01

S      Pessy, Christian  Arte y técnica en el bonsai; Hispano Europea.  168 pp.  Added 08/29/01

        Pike, Dave   Bonsai, Step By Step to Growing Success; Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: The Crowood Press Ltd.; 1990.  ISBN 1-85223-128-9.   128 pp.  Ninety-eight color photos by the author.  Fifty-two line drawings by Claire Upsdale-Jones.  A Crowood Gardening Guide. 

S      Pike, Dave   Bonsai, Su correcto desarrollo paso a paso; Barcelona:Omega S.A.; 1990.  ISBN 84-2820893-X.  132 pp.  Translation of the above by María Rosa Guirao Macia.   Added 08/29/01

        Pike, Dave   Indoor Bonsai: A Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide; Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: The Crowood Press Ltd.; 1989.  ISBN 1-85223-254-4.  128 pp.  100 color photos by the author & line drawings by Claire Upsdale-Jones.  A Crowood Gardening Guide. 

S      Pike, Dave Bonsai de interior, una guía para principiantes; Omega S.A.  ISBN 84-2820897-2.  132 pp.  Translation of the above. Added 08/29/01

        Pike, Dave   Popular Bonsai; pre-1993 

        Pipe, Ann Kimball  Bonsai: The Art of Dwarfing Trees; New York: Appleton-Century; 1964. ISBN 0-8015-0796-0.   188 pp.  B&w photos and drawings. 

G     Pisterer, Jochen   Bonsai in 2 Stunden gestalten; München: Gäfe und Unzer; 1997.  ISBN 3-7742-2150-2.   63 pp. 

G     Pisterer, Jochen Zimmer-Bonsai formen und pflegen; München: Gäfe und Unzer; 1995.  ISBN 3-7742-2665-2.   63 pp. 

L     Plochocki, Andrzej   Bonsai: sztuka miniaturyzacji drzew i krzewow; Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawn. Rolnicze i Lesne; 1990.  ISBN 830901354X.   191 pp.  Twenty-eight pp. of plates.  Illustrated by Roman Kowalik.

        Porter, Raymond  The Art of Bonsai For Beginners; NY: Bonsai Society of Greater New York; 1964.  16 pp.  Seven b&w photos courtesy of Yuji Yoshimura, 11 line drawings from November 1963 issue of House & Garden. 

        Radcliffe, Woodward Bonsai; Jersey City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, Inc.; 1961.  24 pp.  Forty-four b&w photos and one line drawing.  Edited by Mary Lynn; Technical Credit Frank Nagata and Tsunji Yamashiro.  Cover photo by John W. Catlin. 

        Ragle, Nina Shire  Even Monkeys Fall Out of Trees; Laguna Beach, CA: Nippon Art Forms; 1987.  LC #87-60655.  Illustrated by Jaime Lee Sugarman and John Naka.  Introduction by Larry Ragle.  287 proverbs by John Naka organized into 20 "chapters."  Each proverb in English, kanji, and Romanized Japanese. 237 pp. 

        Ratcliffe, Patricia Silk Bonsai; 1988. 

G     Reinhard, Georg and Pius Notter Bonsai für Einsteiger; Fischer; 1996.  ISBN 3-85681-338-1.   112 pp. 

        Resnick, Susan M. Bachenheimer Bonsai; Boston: Little, Brown and Company; 1991, 1992. 144 pp.  Photographs © Kenro Izu.  Foreward © Judith D. Zuk, president of the BBG.  "In Cooperation with the Brooklyn Botanic Garden."  First American Edition. 

G      Resnick, Susan M. Bachenheimer and Kenzo Izu  Bonsai; Augsburg: Naturbuch-Verl.; 1996.  144 pp.  Translation of the above by Isabel Schmidt.   Added 11/23/01

I       Ricchiari, Antonio Manuale del Bonsai; Palermo: Dario Flaccovio Editore; 1987   ISBN 8877580151.   411 pp.  Thirty-four pp. plates.  New edition with an introduction by Gianfranco Giorgi. 

I       Ricchiari, Antonio Guida al bonsai; Palermo: Dario Flaccovio Editore; 1988   ISBN 8877580143.   162 pp.  Sixteen pp. plates. 

        Rivera, Felix   Suiseki: The Japanese Art of Miniature Landscape Stones; Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press; 1997.  192 pp.  Sixteen color and over sixty b&w photos.

        Roger, Allen  Bonsai; London: Cassell Educational Limited, for the Royal Horticultural Society; 1981, 1985.  ISBN 0-304-31074-3.   64 pp.  A Wisley handbook.  Fifty-one color photos and cover, and seventeen b&w photos. 

F       Roger, Allen  Les Bonsaïs: comment les choisir, les former, les tailler; Paris: Bornemann; 1990.  62 pp.  Translation of the above.  Added 11/23/01

S       Roger, Allen  Bonsai; Barcelona: Blume; 1994.  64 pp.  Translation of the above by José Berruezo.   Added 11/23/01

J      Rokkaku, Kenko (ed.)   Satsuki Azalea Bonsai; Kanuma: Satsuki Kenyu; 1974.  320 pp.  161 bonsai and five garden color plate. 

        Rooney, Padraig  In the Bonsai garden; pre-1999. 

G     Roth, Manfred   Bonsai Meisterschule; Augsburg: Naturbuch Verlag; 1998.  ISBN 3-89440-290-3.   136 pp. 

Z      Rysan, Miloslav   Bonsaj; Praha: Statni Zemedelske Nakl.; 1985.  159 pp.  Sixteen pp. of plates.

F      Samson, Isabelle and Rémy Samson   L'art de bonsai; Paris: Dargaud; 1985.  ISBN 2205029630.   224 pp.

F      Samson, Isabelle and Rémy Samson   Comment Créer et Entretenir vos Bonsai;1986.

        Samson, Isabelle and Rémy Samson   The Creative Art of Bonsai; London: Ward Lock Ltd.; 1986.  ISBN 0-7063-6448-1.   168 pp.  153 color photos.   Translation of the above by Derek Hanson and Judith Hayward in association with First Edition, Cambridge. 

I      Samson, Isabelle and Rémy Samson   Bonsai: principi generali, propagazione, allevamento e cure, avversità; Milano: Hoepli; 1987.  168 pp.   Translation of the above by Pier Giacomo Bianchi.   Added 11/23/01

S      Samson, Isabelle and Rémy Samson   Como Crear y Cuidar su Bonsai; Barcelona: Ediciones Omega; 1987.  ISBN 84-2820823-9.  168 pp.   Translation of the above.

N      Samson, Isabelle and Rémy Samson   Bogen om bonsai; Kbh.: Komma & Clausen; 1992.  168 pp.  Translation of the above by Vibeke Fode.  Added 11/23/01

G     Schmidt, Walter   Die Kunst des japanischen Bonsai: Formen und Pflegen von Zwergbaumen; Stuttgart: Ulmer; 1983.  ISBN 3800161303.   176 pp.

G     Schudde, Wolf-D.   Bonsai -- Dem Baum eine Stimme geben; Düsseldorf: Medienverlag Wolf-D. Schudde; 1995.  151 pp. 

G     Schudde, Wolf-D.   European Bonsai -- Auf dem Weg ins nächste Jahrtausand; Düsseldorf: Medienverlag Wolf-D. Schudde; 1998. 

F      Sebann, Denis   Bonsaï; pre-1999

        Severn, Gillian E. Miniature trees in the Japanese Style; New York: Taplinger Publishing Company; 1967.  LCC #68-10987.   London: Faber and Faber; 1970, 1967.  ISBN 0571094880.   112 pp.  B&w photos, color cover/frontispiece.  Line drawings by Irene Hawkins. 

C      Shen, Yin-chn, Beulah Kwok Sung, and C.B. Sung   Chung-kuo pen tsai ho pen ching i shu.   Added 11/23/01

E/C   Shen, Yin-chn, Beulah Kwok Sung, and C.B. Sung   The Chinese Art of Bonsai & Potted Landscapes; South San Francisco, CA: Unison Group; 1991.  141 pp.  Translation of the above.   Updated 11/23/01

        Shufunotomo, Editors of   The Essentials of Bonsai; Tokyo: Shufunotomo; 1982.  ISBN 4079730853.   Portland, OR: Timber Press; 1982.  ISBN 0-917304-27-6.  108 pp.  Illustrations.  Introduction by Donald Richie.  "Published in cooperation with American Horticultural Society." 

       Skolnik, Arthur   Growing Art of Bonsai; 1995. 

F     Somm, Joseph   Bonsai pratique -- Cahiers de l'apprenti; pre-1999. 

G    Somm, Joseph  Wege zur Gesundheit Ihrer Bonsai; documents bonsai; pre-1999.  ISBN 2-9509228-0-5.   240 pp. 

G    Stahl, Horst   Bonsai Grundkurs; Stuttgart: Kosmos; 1992.  ISBN 3-4400-6455-7.   148 pp. 

G    Stahl, Horst   Der Weg zum Meiser-Bonsai; Stuttgart: Kosmos; 1995.  ISBN 3-440-06741-6.   152 pp. 

G    Stahl, Horst Zimmerbonsai; Stuttgart: Kosmos; 1992.  ISBN 3-440-06566-9.   72 pp. 

G    Stahl, Horst and Helmut Rüger Bonsai leichtgemacht; Stuttgart: Kosmos; 1996.  ISBN 3-4400-7065-4.   62 pp. 

G    Stahl, Horst and Helmut Rüger Zimmer-Bonsai für die Fensterbank; Stuttgart: Kosmos; 1998.  ISBN 3-440-07552-4.   62 pp. 

F     Stein, Rolf A.  Jardins en miniature d'Extrême-Orient.  Added 11/23/01

J     Stein, Rolf A.  Bonsai no uchûshi; Tokyo: Serika shobô; 1985.  198 pp.  Translation of the above by Funio Fukui and Hiroshi Myôjin.  Added 11/23/01

        Stein, Rolf A.  The World in Miniature: Container Gardens and Dwellings in Far Eastern Religious Thought; Standford, CA: Stanford University Press; 1990.  104 halftones and thirty-six line drawings.  Foreword by Edward H. Schafer.  Translated by Phyllis Brooks, the 1987 French original of this excellent and penetrating work is a collection of three related essays: "Miniature Gardens in the Far East" (orig. published in 1943), "Dwelling Places, Their Physical Details," and "The World and Architecture in Religious Thought." 

        Stewart, Christine Bonsai; London: Orbis; 1984.  112 pp. 

N      Stewart, Christine Bonsai; Kbh: Hernov; 1987.  110 pp.  Translation of the above by Axel Heltman.   Added 11/23/01

Z      Stewart, Christine Bonsai; Praha: Artia; 1987.  112 pp.  Translation of the above by Václav Sochor.   Added 11/23/01

        Stewart, Christine Bonsai; CT: Longmeadow Press/Little, Brown and Company; 1992.  64 pp. 

        Stowell, Jerald P. The Beginner's Guide to American Bonsai; Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd.; 1986, 1978.  ISBN 0-87011-326-7 (trade) / 0-87011-802-1 (paper).  140 pp.  Fifty-one b&w and fifty-six color photos, and twenty-one b&w illustrations.  Foreword by Kyuzo Murata. 

        Stowell, Jerald P. Bonsai: Indoors and Out; Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.; 1966.  LC #66-27524.   134 pp.  Fifty b&w photos by Warren P. Cooper and sixteen b&w illustrations by the author. 

        Student, Shirley and Larry   Beginning Bonsai, The Gentle Art of Miniature Tree Growing; Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Comapny; 1992.  ISBN 0-8048-1729-4.   56 pp.  Eight color photos, and b&w photos and line drawings. 

        Sunset Books and Magazines, Editors of   Bonsai, Culture and Care of Miniature Trees; Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing Co.; 1976.  ISBN 0-376-03043-7.   80 pp.  Second Edition.  Thirty-five color and b&w photos and illustrations.  Supervising Ed. Patricia Hart Clifford.  Research & Text by Buff Bradley. 

        Sunset Books and Magazines, Editors of   Sunset Bonsai; 1994.  ISBN 0-376-03045-3.   96 pp.  Third Edition.  Completely revised.  First printing May 1994.  Research & Text by Philip Edinger. 

J      Suzuki, Toshinori (ed) Black Pine Special; pre-1999.

        Swinton, Anne  The Collingridge Handbook of Bonsai; London: Collingridge Books; 1982.  ISBN 0600368165.   192 pp.  Photos by Dick Robinson.  Line drawings by Ron Hayward.  Preface by Anthony Huxley.  Distrib. by Hamlyn Pub. Group. 

S      Swinton, Anne   Manual de Bonsai: una guía para el principiante y para el aficionado; Barcelona: Ediciones Omega; 1987.  ISBN 84-2820745-3.  210 pp.  Translation of the above by Rosa María Ferrer.   Updated 11/23/01

        Symmes, Edwin and Rhena Symmes Native Treasures, American Bonsai and Suiseki, Volume One; Altanta, GA: E.C. Symmes Associates; 1973.  96 pp. 

J      Takahashi, Teisuke and Keiji Murata   Suiseki o hajimeru hito no tame ni; 1966, 1964.  182 pp.  Illustrations. 

J      Takahashi, Teisuke and Keiji Murata   Kara suiseki no bi; 1967.  132 pp.  Illustrations. 

G     Takayanagi, Yoshio   Bonsai: grosse Liebe zu kleinen Bãumen; Melsungen, Berlin: Neumann-Neudamm; 1983.  107 pp.  Translation of the English by Hildegard Gessner.  Updated 11/23/01

        Takayanagi, Yoshio (ed.)  Masterpieces of Bonsai; Tokyo: Shufunotomo Co./Japan Publications; 1986.  ISBN 4079743920.   99 pp.  Includes 73 pages of color photos. 

D      Takayanagi, Yoshio (ed.)  De schoonheid van bonsai; Ede, etc.: Zomer & Keuning; 1987.  99 pp.  Translation of the above by J.H. Wiersma.  Added 11/23/01

F      Takayanagi, Yoshio and Shizuo Kano (eds.)  Les plus beaux bonsaïs du monde; Québec: Éditions Broquet Inc.; 1989.  95 pp.  Translation of the above.   Updated 11/23/01

        Takeyama, Fusazo  Masterpieces of Broad-leaf Trees; pre-1979.  Illustrated. 

J      Tanzawa, Yoshisuke and Shinobu Nozaki   Bonsai no shinkenkyu; 1968.  212 pp. 

J      Tashiro, Yoshi and Keiji Murata Shohin bonsai hyakka; 1968.  212 pp. 

        Tomlinson, Harry  The Complete Book of Bonsai; New York: Abbeville Press, Inc.; 1990. ISBN 0863184847.   ©1990 Dorling Kindersley Limited London.  ISBN 1-55859-118-4.   224 pp.  Seven hundred color photos. 

F      Tomlinson, Harry  Les Bonsaï; Paris: Solar; 1991.  224 pp.  Translation of the above by Valérie Garnaud-d'Ersu.   Added 11/23/01

G     Tomlinson, Harry and Horst Stahl Bonsai: das Handbuch für Praktiker; Stuttgart: Franckh-Kosmos; 1991.  223 pp.  Translation of the above.   Added 11/23/01

D     Tomlinson, Harry   Bonsai: het complete handboek; Ede, etc.: Zomer & Keuning; 1991.  224 pp.  Translation of the above by Marc De Beule.  Added 11/23/01

        Tomlinson, Harry (Contrib. Ed.)   Bonsai: Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.; 1990, 1995.  ISBN 0-89577-647-2.   216 pp.  Seven hundred color photos. 

D     Tomlinson, Harry    Het nieuwe bonsai handboek; Utrecht, etc.: Kosmos-Z&K; 1995.  216 pp.  Translation of the above by Marc De Beule.   Added 11/23/01

G     Tomlinson, Harry   Das BLV Bonsai-Handbuch; München: BLV; 1998.  ISBN 3-405-14850-2.   Second edition.  215 pp.  Illustrations. 

S      Tomlinson, Harry  Tratado práctico de bonsai; Omega S.A.  ISBN 84-2820898-0.  224 pp.    Added 08/29/01

        Tomlinson, Harry  Bonsai: 101 Essential Tips; New York: DK Publishing, Inc.;1996.  ©1996 Dorling Kindersley Limited, London.  ISBN 0-7894-1075-3.   72 pp.  Color photos. 

F     Tomlinson, Harry  Les bonsaï; Paris: Ed. Fontaine; 1996.  71 pp.  Translation of the above by Adriana Romosan.   Added 11/23/01

        Tsukiyama, Ted (ed.) Bonsai of the World, Book I; Tokyo: World Bonsai Friendship Federation; 1992.  100 pp.  Color & b&w photos. 

        Tsutomo, Suzuki  Bonsai and Suiseki; pre-1994. 

        Tucker, Melba  Suiseki & Viewing Stones, An American Perspective; Flagstaff, AZ: Horizons West; 1996.  48 pp.  Sixty color photos by Peter L. Bloomer. 

        Valavanis, William N. Bonsai Creation & Design Using Propagation Techniques; Atlanta, GA: Symmes Systems; 1975.  40 pp.  Volume I of the Encyclopedia of Classical Bonsai Art.  Illustrations by Edwin C. Symmes, Jr. from material supplied by the author.  "The original volume 'Propagation techniques used in Bonsai creation' was written for Dr. H.B. Tukey, Jr., professor of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithica, New York, November 1974." 

        Valavanis, William N. Japanese Five-needle Pine: Nature-Gardens-Bonsai-Taxonomy; Atlanta, GA: Symmes Systems; 1976.  68 pp.  Vol. 2 of Encyclopedia of Classical Bonsai Art.

        Walker, Linda M.  Bonsai; New York: Drake; London: J. Gifford Ltd.; 1972.  ISBN 0877492565.   128 pp. 

G     Walther, Hendrick   Ikebana und Bonsai; Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.; 1990, 1989.  ISBN 3323002822.  289 pp.  48 pp. color plates.  Unter Mitarbeit von Heidrun Hunger.

C     Wang, Jie et al   Zhonghua qishi (Strange stones of China); Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe; 1994.    Added 12/09/2001

C/E   Wang, Zhi Ying and Qing Quan Zhao  Shumu Penjing Models; Tongji University Press; pre-1999.  ISBN 7-5608-0928-6 / 7-5608-1201-5.  Two volume set. 

        Webber, Leonard   Bonsai For the Home and Garden; North Ryde, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson Publishers; 1985. ISBN 0-207-15018-4.    98 pp.  Color and b&w photos and line drawings. 

        Webber, Len   From Rainforest to Bonsai: Bonsai in Australian Native Plants; Simon & Schuster, Australia; 1992? . 

        Wilkinson, Jennifer Bonsai: Art and Technique; Melbourne, Vic.: Lothian; 1994.  64 pp.  Illustrations.  Lothian Australian Garden series. 

C/E   Wu, Yee-Sun  Man Lung Garden Artistic Pot Plants; Hong Kong: Wing-Lung Bank Ltd.; First published June 1969, 210 pp. with 212 b&w and fifteen color photos.  Enlarged second edition (as Man Lung Artistic Pot Plants) June 1974, 353 pp. with first 215 photos b&w and #216-302 color of Chinese pot plants, miniature rock gardens and elaborate stands; #303-337 b&w of viewing stones; and #338-355 color of viewing stones with trees and other plants upon. 

C      Xu, Xiaobai and Zhang Renlong and Zhao Qingquan   Penjing; China Construction Industry Publishing; 1981. 

J/E   Yamada, Kamajiro and Tomio Yamada  Bonsai -- Beauty and Harmony -- Masterpieces from the Seikoen Collection; Tokyo: Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Co., Ltd.; 1982.  350 pp.  217 color photos.  Large format with slipcase. 

J      Yamanaka, Kazuki  The seven tree and seven story; pre-1999. 

        Yanagisawa, Soen  Tray Landscapes (Bonkei and Bonseki); Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau; 1955, 1956, 1962, 1966.  5th edition.  LCC #62-19637.   193 pp.  Small format.  Five color and 154 b&w photos, fourteen woodcuts.  Tourist Library Vol. 19. 

        Yashiroda, Kan  Bonsai, Japanese Miniature Trees -- Their Style, Culture and Training; Newton, MA: C.T. Branford Co./London: Faber and Faber; 1960.  166 pp., followed by 49 pp. of 117 b&w photos, some by Kyuzo Murata and four others. 

        Yashiroda, Kan (ed.) Handbook on Bonsai: Special Techniques; Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden; 1956, 1984, 1989.  ISBN 0-945352-02-6.   89 pp.  #51.  Twenty color and b&w photos and drawings. 

        Yashiroda, Kan (ed.) Handbook on Dwarfed Potted Trees: The Bonsai of Japan; Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden; 1953, revised 1959.  ISBN 0-945352-17-4.   96 pp.  #13.  Ninety-five b&w photos and over two dozen line drawings.  This was a special revised edition of Plants & Garden, Vol. 9, No. 3.  This was the first mass-produced booklet on the subject in English. Thirty-eighth printing, Nov. 1988. 

        Yoshimura, Yuji  Bonsai Album: In Memory of Six Years in New York; New York: Yoshimura Bonsai Co.; 1966.  50 pp. 

        Yoshimura, Yuji  Bonsai. What? Why? How?; NY: Yoshimura Bonsai Company, Inc.; 1960. 

        Yoshimura, Yuji  Commemorative Album: The Muriel R. Leeds Collection; Briarcliff Manor, NY: Yoshimura School of Bonsai; 1977.  64 pp.  Limited edition of 500 copies.  Edited by Edwin C. Symmes, Jr.  Three color photos and cover, 116 b&w photos, and eight line drawings.  Photos by Yoshimura and Leeds. 

        Yoshimura, Yuji and Giovanna M. Halford   The Japanese Art of Miniature Trees and Landscapes: Their Creation, Care, and Enjoyment; Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co.; 1957.  LCC #57-8794.  ISBN 0804802823.    220 pp.  Twenty-five color, 245 b&w photos and illustrations. First real comprehensive and practical book in English on bonsai.  Still holds up -- the thirty-third printing was made in 1989. 

       Yoshimura, Yuji and Giovanna M. Halford   The Art of Bonsai: Creation, Care, and Enjoyment; Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co.; 1996.  200 pp.  Twenty-five color, 247 b&w photos and 41 illustrations.  New edition of above. 

C/E  Youde, Zhao (ed.)  The Essence of the Second China Appreciaiton Stone Exhibition; China; 1996.  Color photos. 

        Young, Dorothy  Bonsai, The Art and Technique; Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.; 1985.  423 pp.  210 b&w photos and numerous drawings. 

C     Yu Rong   Qishi shangwan (The appreciation and enjoyment of strange stones); Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe; 1994.    Added 12/09/2001

        Zane, Thomas L.  Introduction to Bonsai -- A Course Syllabus; Oakdale, CT; 1988.  106 pp. 

        Zane, Thomas L.  Guide to Successful Bonsai Presentations and Guide for Successful Bonsai Workshops; American Bonsai Society Publications; pre-1999. 

        Zhao, Qingquan  Penjing: Worlds of Wonderment, A Journey Exploring an Ancient Chinese Art and Its History, Cultural Background, and Aesthetics; Athens, GA: Venus Communications; 1997.  144 pp.  244 color photos and 18 line drawings.  Translated and edited by Karin Albert.  Photographs by Zhao, Huang Le, Wang Hongjun, Karin Albert, Karekin Goekjian.  Foreword by Xu Xiaobai, president of Chinese Penjing Artists' Assoc., Nanjing.
 
C     Zhou, Tang   Shipu (Stone compendium); Beijing: Zijincheng chubanshe; 1987.    Added 12/09/2001