Circa 1942. Small airborne propaganda leaflet printed on one side only featuring a colour illustration. Appears to have been dropped during the Malayan Campaign. 14.6 x 19.8 cm, creased and marked on the reverse. Image still very clear and strong. Airborne colour propaganda leaflet urges the British troops to surrender..... More

New York. Institute of Pacific Relations. 1945. xiii + 169pp,index. Bookplate of George E. Sokolsky (1893 - 1962), journalist and China expert, front paste down. Little browning and marking endpapers, lettering on spine dull, otherwise good hardback copy. Report of the discussions that took place at the Ninth Conference of..... More

No publication details. (circa 1945). Broadside printed single sided showing seven black and white photogaphic images of the surrender of the Second Japanese Army. Sheet rather creased in places with some occasional foxing and soiling in margins around the images, reverse little marked with some small cellotape stains along upper..... More

京城 [Keijō / Seoul]. 半島時論社. [Hantō Jironsha]. Showa 19 [ 1944]. Children's colouring book, contains 15 (of 16) unused black and white line illustrations designed for colouring in, 16 21 x 15.5cm, very good copy. This interesting Japanese war time propaganda colouring book published in Seoul in 1944 is based..... More

1941. Four menus, 19 x 13.3cm with striking Japanese woodblock style illustrated covers. One image is duplicated but has different contents. Dated 14th July 1941, 3rd August 1941, 9th August 1941 and 18th September 1941. The choice of food available is fascinating: Good Fellow Grate Abalone Chowder, Individual Pork Rabbit..... More

Tokyo: Asahi shinbun. Showa 17. [January 18, 1942]. 4 page broadsheet newspaper folded, evenly browned. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, very good copy. 54 x 41cm. Main headline: "Closing in on Singapore Vanguard: Rear-guard of Defeated British Army Cut Off; Battle of Annihilation in Johor". Other headlines include: "Occupation..... More