{"product_id":"bonsai-alan-roger-wisley-handbook-1985","title":"Bonsai by Alan Roger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBonsai (Wisley Handbook, Third Impression 1987)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Practical Royal Horticultural Society Guide to the Art of Growing and Training Bonsai\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bonsai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alan Roger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cassell Educational Limited for the Royal Horticultural Society, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1985\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780304310746\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0304310743\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e New edition, fully revised and reset, 1985. Third impression, revised, July 1987. Part of the Wisley handbook series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound. Green front cover with a colour photograph of a bonsai, teal spine lettered in white.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium softcover, roughly 200 x 130 mm, 63 pages. Illustrated with colour photographic plates and line drawings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The illustrated wrappers are clean and bright, with only slight edge wear and a faint crease near the right of the front cover picture. The teal spine is straight and clean, with crisp white lettering. The cream-toned back cover is clean and carries the publisher's series advertisement.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are clean and fairly bright, and the binding is tight. The colour plates are free of visible flaws apart from a tiny speck in the margin of one plate. There is a previous owner's handwritten inscription in blue ink on the front free endpaper, with a slight mark in the top corner of that page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Previous owner's inscription in blue ink on the front free endpaper, dated 19.4.88, with a playful message and the initials apparently R.B.L. Not signed by the author.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBonsai is a Wisley handbook published by Cassell Educational for the Royal Horticultural Society. It is a practical introduction to the Japanese and Chinese techniques of growing and caring for bonsai, covering potting, feeding, thickening of trunks and branches, wire training and aftercare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy is the third impression of the fully revised and reset 1985 edition, issued in July 1987. The text is supported by colour photographic plates and line drawings, and the back cover carries the Society's list of companion gardening handbooks and an invitation to join the RHS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA useful, nicely preserved handbook for anyone growing bonsai, or for collectors of Royal Horticultural Society and Wisley publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Alan Roger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlan Stuart Roger (1909-1997) was a bonsai enthusiast whose interest in growing things extended early on to the art of bonsai. 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