Tokyo. Minato International Association. 1997. First Edition. Black and white illustrations, 107pp, sunned spine, letter from publisher loosely inserted, a very good paperback copy. 29.6 x 21cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176799. More
Australia: ANU Press, 2013. First Edition. Black and white author image, xiv + 190pp, abbreviation notes, annexes, covers slightly bent, a very good paperback copy. 25 x 17.5cm. During the Second World War, Australia maintained a super-secret organisation, the Diplomatic (or `D') Special Section, dedicated to breaking Japanese diplomatic codes..... More
Australia: Hale & Iremonger,Pty.Ltd, 1992. Black and white illustrations, 388pp, appendices, bibliography, index, a good paperback copy with slight rubbing on extremities. "Australia was divided about Charles Sousens. Was he a traitor who collaborated with the Japanese, broadcasting and writing treasonable scripts for Radio Tokyo, or was he, as he..... More
London. Gollancz. 1942. 192pp, appendix, neat signature and date front free endpaper, evenly browned throughout. Errata slip tipped-in half title. Left Book Club edition bound in the characteristic red paper covered boards lettered in black. Minor wear extremities, name front free-endpaper. 20th century Japanese political history and foreign policy traced..... More
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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
London. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1985. 224pp, index, neat stamps of a prior owner on a few leaves, very good copy in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 37089. More
St Leonards. Allen & Unwin. 1995. First Edition. Black and white photographic plates, xxi + 265pp, index, bibliography, notes, a very good paperback copy. The story of the officially sanctioned brothels and the women who were forced to work as sex slaves in them during the Second World War. When..... 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
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東京 [Tokyo]. 防空知識普及協会. [Bōkū Chishiki Fukyū Kyokai. 昭和16 [ 1931]. Black and white illustrations, 173 + 16pp, 4 foldout charts, paperback, 18.5 x 12.5cm, evenly browned throughout, cover slight wear with some very minor spotting, spine lightly discoloured, fore edges have been nibbled in 4 places, still a good copy..... More
Urbana. University of Illinois Press. (Circa 1973). 258pp, suggestions for further reading, dustjacket a little rubbed, now protected, a very good hardback copy. The Tandoran Journals of Charles Kikuchi, edited with an introduction by John Modell. Kikuchi was one of the American-born majority of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans who..... More
London. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1942. First UK Edition. Translated by Kilsoo K. Haan. 240pp, Original cloth covered boards darkened edges and spine sunned, corners bumped and prior owner name on the front free endpaper. Good copy printed on war economy paper. English edition of "The Three-Power Alliance..... More
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東京. [Tokyo]. 有限会社にれの木出版. [Yūgen Kaisha Nirenoki Shuppan]. Showa 43 [ 1968. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 242pp, 12.6 x 18.3 cm, paperback in slightly browned dustjacket. Very good copy. The author of this battle memoir of the Pacific War in New Guinea, Kitamoto Masamichi, was a Japanese Olympic athlete..... 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 Shiinbunsha on January 18th 1942. Front page features latest military news including Japanese army's advances in Johore..... More
Sydney. Angus & Robertson. 1st Australian ed. 1944. Endpaper map, illustrations, 217pp, signature dedications page, some browning throughout, covers worn. Personal account of air raid on Tokyo. When referring to this item please quote stockid 9960. More
New York. Viking Press. 1944. Foreword by Joseph C. Grew. xi + 203pp, index, endpapers browned, name front free endpaper, occasional pencilling throughout, binding out of shape, a sound copy. An interesting analysis of the Japanese Army and it's place in Japanese life by an American academic at Hokkaido Imperial..... More
New York. Bantam. 1989. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxii + 263pp, appendices, index, paperback, spine creased, covers trifle worn. "With detailed eyewitness accounts, previously undisclosed archives, minutes, and excerpts from the diaries of the emperor's closest aides, veteran reporter and war correspondent Paul Manning unfolds a stunning true story..... More
London. British Publishers Guild. 1943. 128pp, index, occasional light foxing, wrappers worn with closed tears around spine, a sound copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 158845. More
United Kingdom. Penguin Books Ltd., 1991. Map, black and white illustrations, xvi + 889pp, index, selected bibliography, notes, appendix, abbreviations, good paperback copy with rubbing on extremities and creasing along spine. Revisit the definitive book on Pearl Harbor in advance of the 50th anniversary of the date which will live..... More
London. Harrap. 1988. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 493, index, bibliography, notes, signature front free endpaper, price clipped dustjacket upper section of spine a little shelf-worn, good hardback copy. "December 7, 1941 is the culmination of Gordon Prange's monumental Pearl Harbor trilogy, which has been hailed as..... More
New York. McGraw-Hill. 1984. Reprint. Black and white illustrations, map, xviii + 595pp, notes, chronology, bibliography, index, dustjacket extremities rubbed and spine lightly sunned, good hardback copy. "Richard Sorge was possibly the most successful spy to have lived. Born in Russia and educated in Germany, Sorge posed as a Nazi..... More
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Tokyo: 南窓社. 1982. Vol 4 only. 428pp, a good hardback copy in card slipcase. When referring to this item please quote stockid 154246. More
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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
Columbia. University of South Carolina Press. 2000. Paperback edition. xii + 276pp, bibliography, index, 22.8 x 15.2cm. Spine lightly sunned, otherwise a very good paperback copy. "For many years, scholars and non-scholars have debated the ethics of dropping the atomic bomb, but have rarely studied American plans to invade Japan..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 1984. Map, xii + 228pp, bibliography, index, good in slightly worn dustjacket. Story of Japanese planning for invasion and occupation of the Hawaiian Islands during World War II. When referring to this item please quote stockid 74415. 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
