東京. [Tokyo]. 真日本社. [Shinnichi Honsha]. 昭和18 [1943]. Charts, 189pp, paperback, 9 x 13cm, edges browned, covers slightly worn, good copy. This compact phrase book, of 8 languages including Japanese, was published in 1943 when the Japanese Forces occupied wide areas throughout Asia. The book was published most likely for military..... More

Tokyo: Yokusan　Kamishibai　Hanbai-sho [Yokusan Kamishibai Sales Agency] 翼賛紙芝居販売所, Showa 18 [1943]. Complete set of 20 World War II coloured propaganda kamishibai cards, colour image on one side with the story in Japanese on the reverse. 25.5 x 36cm. Text side of the cards damp damaged in places, evenly browned, with some..... More

No publication details. (circa1945). 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 edge..... More

[Naikaku Insatsukyoku Insatsu]. 内閣印刷局印刷, Showa 17 [26th August,1942]. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations throughout, 23pp, original pictorial wrappers, A little light browning otherwise very good. Issue no. 235 Text in Japanese. Official weekly photographic magazine published by the Intelligence Bureau. The front cover features an Australian prisoner..... More

Tokyo: 1945. Coloured poster showing a woman fanning the mosquitoes away from her sleeping baby. Burning mosquito coils are visible in small pit near the concerned mother. 44 x 57.5cm. Light creasing where poster has been folded, otherwise very good. This poster advertises a mosquito repellent incense named Seburikō. The..... More

The Toyo Bunkwa Kyokwal. 東京文化協會. Showa 17 [7th May,1942]. Handsome full page pictorial colour map, [35pp], original colour pictorial wrappers, split at spine at head and tail, 4 binder holes in margins, closed tear lower wrapper. 36.3 cm x 25.7 cm. Vol. 7, no. 5. Good copy. This issue gives..... More

朝日新聞東京支社. Showa 17 [2nd September1942]. Map, illustrated throughout with black and white photographic illustrations, 22pp, Volume 39, number 10. Some light browning and foxing, very good. 36.5 cm x 26 cm. Includes an article about the sinking of 9 enemy ships in the waters around Australia and mentions the battles..... More

New York. Army Information Branch. Army Service Forces. Monday, 12 February,1945. Volume III No. 43F. Large double sided folded sheet featuring a poster showing images of Japan in 1939 on one side and on the reverse a large US Newsmap showing Germany and Poland, with two smaller inset maps and..... More

[Mangasha]. 漫画社, Showa 15 [1940]. Folded coloured sugoroku or Japanese game, 77.5 x 53cm. Small tear along one fold but overall a very good copy. A colourful and historically fascinating sugoroku produced by under the auspices of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association in December 1940. The Association was set up..... More

大日本雄辯會講談社. [Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha]. 1939. Large double sided folded poster sheet size 77 x 108cm. The coloured side of the poster features medals while on the reverse planes of the world are shown with Japanese planes shown in the central position. Torn along folds with a little loss in three..... More