Washington. United States Strategic Bombing Survey. 30 June 1946. Two folding colour maps at rear, profuse black and white photographic illustrations, v + 46pp. 26 x 20cm. Extremities and original blue stapled wrappers trifle shelf worn with a few leaves little chipped at edges, though still overall in very good..... More
![Stock ID #221444 繪卷アッツ島血戰. [Emaki Attsutō kesen]. [Bloody Battle on...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/221444.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1784773933)
東京. [Tokyo]. 陸軍美術協會出版部. [Rikugun Bijutsu Kyōkai Shuppanbu]. Showa 19 [ 1944]. Colour and black and white illustrations, interpretive Jaapnese text, 18.2 x 25.5cm, [52]pp, pictorial upper cover. Original paper wrappers little soiled and browned otherwise very good. Scarce. The Battle of Attu was fought between Japanese and United States forces..... More
![Stock ID #217867 カンチャンの少年高射兵. [Kanchan no shōnen kōshahei]....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/217867.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757389228)
大阪. [Osaka]. 昭和出版株式會社創立事務所. [Shōwa shuppan kabushiki kaisha sōritsu jimusho]. Showa 19 [ 1944]. Colour illustrations, 26 x 18.5cm, 26pp, Pictorial card covers, illustrated in colour upper cover, some light general wear, staples rusting but firm and some pencil scribbles on the rear cover but a good example of children's books..... More
![Stock ID #216057 應急手當 法. [Ōkyū teatehō]. [First Aid Techniques]. MAKOTO...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/216057.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1785754975)
東京. [Tokyo]. 東京教材出版社. [Tokyo Kyōzai Shuppansha]. Showa 18 [ 1943]. Colour art illustrated small poster, 52 x 37cm, very good copy. This illustrated poster, published in 1943, presents first aid techniques for a variety of situations and was officially approved by the Army Medical Office. It covers common injuries and..... More
東京. [Tokyo]. 大日本雄弁会講談社. [Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha]. Showa 14 [ 1939]. Black and white photographic illustrations, 54 x 79cm. Some light washi repairs on the reverse, a very good copy. The 1939 poster is designed to educate elementary school children (between 9 and 10 years old) by showcasing the strength and..... More
![Stock ID #219160 長﨑精機原子爆彈記. [Nagasaki Seiki genshi bakudanki]....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/219160.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1772690757)
Nagasaki. 三菱重工業株式會社. [Mitsubishi Jūkōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha]. Showa 24 [ 1949]. First Edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 220pp, 18.5 x 13cm, original colour pictorial wrappers. Evenly browned throughout, spine chipped, wrappers a little creased, still a firm copy. This rare book on the atomic bombing of Nagasaki was published in..... More
[Japan]. 室蘭子どもと環境・平和を創る会. [Muroran Kodomo to Kankyō Heiwa o tsukurukai]. 2001. Maps, including one folding black and white map, black and white line illustrations and some rather grainy black and white photographic illustrations, 25.5 x 18cm, 58pp, original wrappers trifle foxed on lower wrappers, very good copy. This 2001 publication was..... More
[Japan]. Circa [ 1945]. Photographic album, 15.2 x 21cm, [44]pp, 57 black and white photographs, many with captions and identification of those in the photograph on reverse, cord tie. Some photographs loose and a little worn at edges, mild silvering on a few but overall a good unusual collection. This..... More
東京. [Tokyo]. 讀賣新聞社. [Yomiuri Shinbunsha]. Showa 17 [ 1942]. Colour images printed on both sides of this folded sheet, 52.6 x 75.5cm, accompanied by the original envelope (27 x 19cm). Very good condition. These double-sided identification charts of British and American warplanes and naval vessels were published in May 1942..... More
![Stock ID #218445 [プロパガンダ紙風船]. [Puropaganda kamifūsen]. [Propaganda...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/218445.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769040925)
[Japan]. Circa [ 1942]. Colour illustrations, 3 origami "balloons", 15 x 7cm, very good. The first balloon features bold illustrations of warships, soldiers in combat, and artillery pieces, transforming a simple toy into a celebration of military might. The second displays award-winning slogans from a 1942 national propaganda competition, including..... More
![Stock ID #219988 世界の平和日本から. [Sekai no heiwa Nihon kara]. [Japan...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/219988.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1781574357)
[Japan]. 奈良橋茂一. [Narahashi Shigeichi]. No date. (Circa 1939). Small full colour poster, 25.5 x 37.8cm. A little staining near the left margin, tiny chip upper margin, browned on the reverse, Very good. This colourful hikifuda (引き札), issued as an advertisement by a soy sauce brewer in Hirabayashi Village (present-day Murakami..... More
[Japan]. 戰時物資活用協會. [Senji Busshi Katsuyō Kyōkai]. (Circa 1942). Folded colour poster, 52 x 74cm, very good copy. We could find no institutional holdings of this poster. This poster, published during the Pacific War, was intended to educate the public about the importance of conserving and recycling everyday resources. The materials..... More
![Stock ID #222949 国際信号旗. [Kokusai shingōki]. [International Signal Flags]....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/222949.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1782287147)
Japan. 少国民新聞. Shōkokumin Shinbun. Showa 16 [ 1941]. Double page colour insert from the June 1st, 1941 issue of a children's newspaper features a large illustration of a merchant ship and signal flags illustrated in colour, the reverse features a full page of cartoon style imagery in blue ink and..... More
![Stock ID #221445 浙贑戰記. [Sekkan senki]. [Record of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/221445.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789206359)
Japan. 中支派遣登部隊本部 [Chushi Haken Nobori-butai Honbu]. Koki 2603 [ 1943]. Maps, 4 tipped-in colour plates, illustrated throughout with black and white photographic illustrations, unpaginated [74pp], 23.7 x 33cm, oblong hardback with pictorial paper covered boards. Hinges strengthened with paper tape, endpapers a little marked, lower endpaper torn with loss at..... More