Tokyo. A Citizens' Group to Convey Testimonies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 1976. Reprint. Black & white photographic plates, 60pp. Wrappers somewhat worn and little foxed, overall a good copy. A collection of first-hand accounts of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, punctuated by a number of striking photos. When..... More

Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 2012. Black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 296pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. Celebrity Gods explores the interaction of new religions and the media in postwar Japan. It focuses on the leaders and founders (kyoso) of Jiu and Tensho Kotai..... More

京都.[Kyoto]. 永田文昌堂. [Nagata Bunshodo]. 昭和61[ 1986]. 57pp, paperback, 18 x 12.8cm, Japanese text, very good copy. Professor Hanayama was a famous Buddhist scholar at Tokyo University and worked as a Buddhist chaplain at Sugamo Prison for over three years where Japanese war criminals were kept. This booklet includes his lecture..... More

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

東京. [Tokyo]. 都新聞社.[Miyako shinbunsha]. 昭和十七 ( 1942). Double sided newsheet, browned with a few small holes, folded. Good copy. 54 x 40.2cm. WWII Japanese newspaper, one sheet printed double side, issued by Miyako Shinbunsha on January 18th 1942. Front page features latest military news including Japanese army's advances in Johore..... More

Moscow. XXVI International Congress of Orientalists. 1963. 13pp, 21 x 14.5cm. A very good copy in original stapled wrappers. When referring to this item please quote stockid 216396. More

東京. [Tokyo]. 安田生命保険株式会社. [Yasuda Seimei Hoken Kabushiki Kaisha]. Showa 17 [ 1942]. Map, black and white photographic illustrations with diagrammatic and text tissue guard overlays, 19pp (unpaginated), 19 x 26cm, ribbon tie. Newspaper cutting of Miyamoto Saburo's painting of the surrender meeting between Yamashita and Percival in Singapore laid down..... More

Tokyo. 大日本雄弁会講談社. [Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha]. Showa 17 [ 1942]. Map, illustrated in colour throughout with very striking double page illustrations. 64pp. Contents browned in places typical of a wartime publication such as this but still very firm. Colour pictorial wrappers worn with a few stains and small sections of abrasion..... More

Hampshire. Palgrave Macmillan. 2010. Black and white photographic plates, xiii + 278pp, bibliography, index, covers trifle shelf worn, a very good paperback copy. Based on countless diaries and letters, Schrijvers recounts American GIs' experiences in Asia and the Pacific. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theatre to the fortress..... More

Tokyo: 南窓社. 1980. Vol 3 only. 428pp, a good hardback copy in card slipcase. When referring to this item please quote stockid 154247. More

Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 1984. Map, xii + 228pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket little chipped with small closed tear, still a good copy. Story of Japanese planning for invasion and occupation of the Hawaiian Islands during World War II. When referring to this item please quote stockid 126943... More

Annapolis. Naval Institute Press. 1994. Maps, black and white photographic plates, 148pp, index, very good copy in paperback. This classic narrative chronicles the savage four-day battle to wrest Mount Suribachi from the Japanese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176456. More

東京. [Tokyo]. 海軍館壁画普及会. [Kaigunkan Hekiga Fukyukai]. Showa 17 [ 1942]. 25 tipped in colour plates, 5 tipped in black and photographic plates (1 duplicated), 22 x 30cm, over 75 pages of text on folded leaves, attractive decorative colour endpapers.leaves Plates are in good bright condition with a few occasional creased..... More