The beginner's guide to American bonsai by Jerald P Stowell - 1978-01-01

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Kodansha America, Incorporated, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Kodansha America, Incorporated, 1978. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Kodansha International, 1/1/1978. Hardcover. Very Good. 10x7x0. Hardback with dust jacket in very good condition! Some very light shelf wear, otherwise a good clean copy, appears almost like new!

Kodansha America. 1978. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 140 p. Audience: General/trade. . No previous owner's name .

Tokyo, New York, San Francisco:: Kodansha International Ltd., 1978. 7.5" wide by 10.25" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (12.95). No chips. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bound in the original brown cloth, lettered in orange on the spine. Sharp corners. With over 120 illustrations, including 50 striking, full-color photographs. Five appendices. Bibliography. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "Drawing on more than twenty years' experience, the author clearly demonstrates that handsome bonsai can easily be created from countless native American plants. The author begins with a concise explanation of basic Japanese principles of bonsai design and how they can be applied to American materials to create a distinctively American art form. He then goes on to discuss the many varieties of American trees and other… Read More

Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second printing. Small quarto. 140pp. Foreword by Kyuzo Murata. Illustrated from drawings and photographs, with several pages of photographs in color. Owner signature on front pastedown, else fine in a price-clipped else fine dustwrapper.

New Condition Hard Cover Book
Has Original Dust Jacket
Stated First Edition 1978
Jacket Shows Light Shelfwear And Has Been Clipped

Tokyo: Kodansha International, Ltd, 1978. J.P. Stowell....the First President of the American Bonsai Society and Co-founder and First President of the Bonsai Society of Greater New York. The author, (who draws from more than twenty years of experience), begins with a concise explanation of basic Japanese principles of bonsai design and how they can be applied to American materials to create a distinctively American art form. He then goes on to discuss the many varieties of American trees and other plants that can be cultivated as Bonsai with gratifying results and , in more than 50 color and over 70 b/w illustrations, shows the pleasing effects that can be achieved with these materials. Though this book is intended for the neophyte, it will be welcomed by the more experienced bonsai cultivator as well. The main content is followed by Appendixes (A to E), bibliography and index. Beautifully illustrated price-intact (in yen) dust jacket. Bright, tight, and handsome...a very nice copy!. First Edition.… Read More