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Bonsai Institute of California, 1984. Softcover. Good. Good; Softcover; Moderate wear to the covers; Light foxing to the textblock edges; Pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is tight with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); 1.9 lbs; Dark red covers with title in gold lettering; 1984, Bonsai Institute of California; 269 pages; "Bonsai Techniques I," by John Yoshio Naka.

USA: Bonsai Institute of California, 1973. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto. Some foxing/musty smell. In the original slipcase. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.

Bonsai Institute of California. paperback. Very Good. 12x8x0. Paperback. Bumped corners. Slight wear to cover.Strong binding. Clean, unmarked text. Thanks for looking!

Bonsai Institute of California. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Stamped on front endpage. Small puncture through approx. page. 30. Slightly dampstained. (Bonsai, Gardening)

UsedLikeNew. Brand new. Text block, wraps and binding are in like new condition, without markings of any kind. Extremely fine. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

Published for the Bonsai Institute of California by Dennis-Landman. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

This is a hard cover stated First Printing. 262 pages with many illustrations and color photos. In brown slipcase dust jacket coated with a Pebbled (?) texture. Previous owner name on FFE. Library of Congress Catalogue Card number 73-861907.

Santa Monica, California, U.S.A: Dennis Landman Pub, 1973. 1st Edition. Full Size Paperback. Good. 12x8x0. Inscribed by Author(s). This Book Is In Good Condition, 262 Pages With No Index. First Printing Stated At The Copy Right Page. Paperback. Soft Cover. Signed At The Half Title Page "To Davidson? Welcome The Beautiful World Of Imagination, John Naka Yoshio, March 1975" Blue Covers. Printed In 1973. The Title Of This Book Is "Bonsai Techniques" Ther Is No One Or 1 On The Title.- We can ship from Canada and the USA, based on your address. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.

Santa Monica, California: Published for the Bonsai Institute of California [1973] [1984], 1984. First printing; Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good+. 2 vol. 4to. [12], 1-262, [8]; [8], 1-442 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering and two gold decorations on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Volume two bound in textured gold wrappers lettered and decorated in black on the front wrapper, lettered in black on the spine. Volume two with a price of $30.00 on the corner of its free front endpaper. The first volume does not have its slipcase. Volume one illustrated with sixteen color plates and with several in-text and full-page black and white images and diagrams; volume two illustrated with several full-page and in-text black and white images. Volume one is a first printing, volume two is a second printing. Signed by Naka on the half-title page of volume one: "To Thomas Taylor, Welcome to the beautiful world of miniature. John Yoshio Naka". Also laid in is an original drawing of a bonsai signed… Read More

Dennis Landman, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no dustjacket as issued. First printing thus. Hardbound book housed in a carboard slipcase. Inscribed by Naka on front pastedown to a former president of the Bonsai Society of Portland and dated May, 1974. Also inscribed at a later date, in a different hand, on same page. Slightly cocked binding shows very light soiling and wear to cloth, spine sunned, with light bumping to bottom corners. Text and images unmarked. The slipcase is in fair condition with large edge splits and general soiling/wear. 4to. 258pp.

Dennis-Landman, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/no dustjacket as issued. 11x8x1. First printing thus. Hardbound limited edition in slipcase (#404/500) inscribed and hand-numbered by Naka on the half-title page. Bound in dark brown leatherette stamped in gilt and housed in a matching slipcase showing light wear. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. Traces of wear to leading edge of text block. 4to. 442pp.

Santa Monica: Published for the Bonsai Institute of California by Dennis Landman,, 1973 & 1982. By a true Bonsai master First editions, first printings, presentation copies, inscribed by the author on the half-titles to the bonsai master Richard Cantrell, with his ownership signatures and blind stamps. Each inscription quotes a poignant haiku of the author's own composition: "Last leaf has fallen. Tree will sleep and I will dream: Spring is tomorrow". Considered one of the greatest practitioners of the art, John Yoshio Naka (1914-2004) popularized bonsai in the West in the second half of the 20th century. Following a period in 1946 spent studying under Sam Takekichi Doi in Los Angeles, he founded the forerunner to the California Bonsai Society in 1950 and began to exhibit works and lecture around the world. His masterpiece, Goshin - "one of the most widely recognized examples of the art form in the world" (Huntington) - is displayed at the United States National Arboretum in Washington DC. In 1985,… Read More