A beginning for Garden books from alpines to Rhododendrons and featuring BONSAI. Books will be shipped media mail at 4.00. If you buy more than one they will be combined  — usually for .50 for ea. addition. The 4.00 Shipping charges are added in the cart! If you buy more than one lighter book I will combine them and credit you the shipping difference!  The cart  refers to the book pictured ABOVE it. International sales would have a MUCH HIGHER SHIPPING COST! – but I will leave the 4.00 charge just to deal with custom papers and extra documentation. First-Class Package International Service available up to 4 pounds, is one option.

ALPINE PLANTS OF NORTH AMERICA – GRAHAM NICHOLLS (HARDCOVER) 18.95Very Good :  “Very good to like new. Cover jacket is in great shape as is the book.”   An Encyclopedia of Mountain Flowers from the Rockies to Alaska.
This is a comprehensive pictorial look at the American mountain flora from the southernmost Rocky Mountains to the Brooks Range of Alaska. Approximately 650 species in 54 genera are discussed, with many subspecies, varieties, and hybrids also described. Intended to be as useful for the gardener as the traveler, each entry concludes with a discussion of propagation and cultivation information, as well as warnings about pertinent pests and diseases.  The 495 color photographs are not only lovely but they also give the reader an idea of the range of alpine plants growing in North America.[wpepsc name=”ALPINE PLANTS OF NORTH AMERICA ” price=”22.95″]

BONSAI by LUIGI CRESPI – A rare and collectable English translation 1st edition Like New  17.95 Clean dust jacket.  Rare English translation of this famous Italian author. The original Italian-language edition was 1989. This English-language edition 1995 was made in England, published in the USA in 1995 by Chartwell Books. Inc., and printed in 1995 in Spain. 143  color-filled pages. ‘Collectable  Like New   This is a comprehensive and practical reference to growing caring and choosing bonsai plants and trees. Simply put, it covers everything. Tools, wiring, pots, stands specie info.andexceptional; illustrations. [wpepsc name=”BONSAI by LUIGI CRESPI ” price=”21.95″]

The  International Book of Trees by Hugh Johnson –. hardcover 1973  8.95 condition: Good “Heavy book with some spine slippage. No loose pages and no markings whatsoever on this 1973 book.”  Not a book about bonsai but about trees and a darn good one.Great illustrations and descriptions of trees around the world. This is a large and heavy book and worth collecting for your reference library. Published in 1973 this is an old but collectable text. As a nurseryman I cherished it as I would Vertrees on Japanese Maple [wp_cart_button name=”International book on trees” price=”12.95″] .

The Complete Book of Bonsai by Peter Chan (1989, Hardcover) Illustrated Book  9.95condition: Like New  “Some wear to the dustcover”
Here is a very beautiful coffee table book of the Complete Book of Bonsai principles and Practice. packed with photos and info. It is 9 1/4″ wide X 1 7/8″ tall and is 160 pages.
 This is a hardcover edition with a dust cover. The condition of the book is excellent. No marks, no damage any where except some wear to the dustcover. [wpepsc name=”The Complete Book of Bonsai by Peter Chan” price=”13.95″]

INDOOR BONSAI by Paul Lesniewicz, Great paperback w. color prints 1986Listed Good for the crease in the cover. It actually is in very good condition esp. for a 1986 paperback” Indoor Bonsai by Paul Lesniewicz and Susan Simpson

(1986) Price was 4.95 Description: slight crease on front corner but no bumped corners, stains or markings. Clean and neat.; 208 pages; Translated by Susan Simpson. This is a GREAT book if you are growing bonsai indoors. Paul Lesniewicz is somewhat unknown in this country but his knowledge is priceless. I loved all of his books. As mentioned this is a book on growing indoor bonsai. If that is your desire this is a must have book. Exceptionally descriptive the color photographs explain much”  [wpepsc name=”INDOOR BONSAI by Paul Lesniewicz,” price=”8.95″]

Japanese Maples: Momiji and Kaede = Momiji to Kaede by J. D. Vertrees (1987)  4.95
This book has no dustcover and is a hardcover plain green.Condition acceptable to good.  Reason for the conditional rating is there is some wrinkling from humidity on the back pages. This has nothing to do with the 95 percent of the meat of the book. Beautiful and detailed descriptions on Japanese Maples. [wpepsc name=”Japanese Maples: by J. D. Vertrees (1987)” price=”8.95″]

Japanese Garden and Floral Art by Mrs. Paul Kincaid Floral design and landscape Good : “Simply in great shape for a 1966 book First edition. ”Good” because of written words signaling ownership on inside front cover.  Pages are clean with no handwriting. There a few check marks here and there. Boards are solid, and spine is square and tight. DJ shows some signs of shelf wear. Attractive book with little signs of use. except for dusk jacket. 195 pages with black and white photography.  99 illustrations that include some fine hand drawn artwork.This is not a book on bonsai, but on Japanese garden design and explorations of floral design. Price was 4.95. [wpepsc name=”Japanese Garden and Floral Art by Mrs. Paul Kincaid” price=”8.95″]

The Living Art of Bonsai : Principles and Techniques of Cultivation & Propagation   19.95 Condition: Like New : Simply in great shape. I near wanted to post it as very good because of a Christmas gift signature from the giver to the owner. That is the only negative about this incredible book.” AMY LIANG (Author) VERY GOOD 19.95  To LIKE NEW, even has the original place marker. Published by Sterling Publishing Co. in 1992. Only thing keeping it from being Like new is the Christmas gift signature marking on the inside cover. Publication Date: 1992 With 288 color pages, this book covers basic styles, group planting, plant physiology, cultivation, propagation, transplanting and re-potting, and training and dwarfing-in other words, everything the bonsai grower needs to know. [wpepsc name=”The Living Art of Bonsai ” price=”23.95″]

Stonescaping  A guide to Using Stone in your Garden by Jan Kowalczeewski Whitner“Very good to like new for a 1992 paperback book” 7.95Stonescaping is not a book on bonsai, but a great guide to using Stone in your Garden. As I was a Landscaper I find this to be a wonderful book.Hardly looks handled. 154 pages and nice black-and-white illustrations. Project instructions are step by step and will leave you with a sore back just from the reading. [wpepsc name=”Stonescaping ” price=”11.95″]

The Random House Book of Trees of North America and Europe Not a bonsai book   8.95 1st edition  1978 A Photographic Guide to More Than 500 Trees (Random House Book of … (Garden Plants)) (VERY LARGE Paperback) 1978 by Roger Phillips, Sheila Grant Used – Good  Shows some signs of wear, mostly a slight bending at the lower right corner. AS the title suggest this is a guide to tree identification and has nothing to do with Bonsai. It has over 1,000 full-color photograph illustrations, leaf, flower, fruit, bark and shape and each tree is fully described.The trees are ranged alphabetically by Latin, but their is a good index in the back with the common names and links to the correct page. [wpepsc name=”The Random House Book of Trees of North America and Europe” price=”12.95″]

NO PICTURE Tu Wan’s Stone Catalogue of Cloudy Forest: SOLD

Commentary and Synopsis 7.95 Good “Some pencil highlights in this 1961 book First edition” by Edward Hetzel Schafer (AuthorThis is a 116 page 1961 hardcover edition from the University of California Press. It has a dust jacket that is used. The binding is tight. Penciled  ownership on inside cover and some penciled notes on the back. Has a few highlight penciled marks in the margins of the text. Easily removed.  Illustrations are clean – The few pencil marks high light paragraphs but there is no underlining. Errata note included, showing error corrections and page notes of printing errors.

Due to PayPal’s inability to handle and charge appropriate fees for multiple combinations or in this case an International ship I will simply add an edited fee to ship this book to the Netherlands. “If you grow bonsai you should buy this book, not because it is a a Cofee table quality but because it is so beautifully written. Aside from Naka’s books I have only recommended one other as a top ten book.”  … So glad someone snatched this up.Just shipped with USPS. PayPal does not recognize anything but an envelope for International first class mail.

JAPANESE BONSAI MAGAZINE FROM 1982 Rare and collectable. IN JAPANESE
Good  condition 7.95 In very good condition inside, but the front cover is worn a bit. The inside of both of these magazines are in Great condition. BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE BONSAI MAGAZINE from 1982 and in GREAT SHAPE. Minor problem, I cannot read Japanese so I cannot give the publications name.  I am hoping that some Japanese speaker can identify this and give me more information. This second magazine has some wear on the front cover as the picture shows. The inside is great and both magazines still have subscription cards, which I doubt will work anymore. (This cannot be shipped media mail.) [wpepsc name=”JAPANESE BONSAI MAGAZINE FROM 1982″ price=”11.95″]

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JAPANESE BONSAI MAGAZINE FROM 1983 Rare and collectable. IN JAPANESE

very good condition  8.95
BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE BONSAI MAGAZINE from 1983 and in GREAT SHAPE. Minor problem, I cannot read Japanese so I cannot give the publications name.  I am hoping that some Japanese speaker can identify this and give me more information. This second magazine I am listing has some wear on the front cover as the picture shows, but this one just looks great. The inside of both magazines are beautiful and still have subscription cards, which I doubt will work anymore Like the other magazine this cannot be shipped media mail!  [wpepsc name=”JAPANESE BONSAI MAGAZINE FROM 1983″ price=”12.95″]

 Home Orchid Growing by Rebecca Tyson Northern  $9.95 Used – Very Good
Minor soiling and wear to the dustcover jacket No yellowed pages or markings within. Whether your garden is a windowsill, a basement, a greenhouse, or a plot of land, “Home Orchid Growing” is the only reference book you’ll ever need to cultivate one of natures most varied and fascinating plants. In the past forty years, it has become the best-known and most authoritative work in its field, and even gardeners who still have an original copy of this classic work will find much to inspire and delight them in this revised and updated fourth edition. [wpepsc name=”Home Orchid Growing by Rebecca Tyson ” price=”8.95″]