Carew, Tim,

HOSTAGES TO FORTUNE.

Coronet, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 186pp, 2 maps, [vi] bibliography and ads., pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the battle for Hong Kong, of the imprisonment of the garrison in the notorious Shamshuipo Camp, their eventual transportion to Moji on mainland Japan, having been torpedoed on the way, edges and pages a little tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 44217

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 hong kong japan kobe pow

Cass, Bevan G. (edited by),

HISTORY OF THE SIXTH MARINE DIVISION.

The Battery Press, Nashville - Tennessee, 1987, reprint, xii, 262pp, [iv], half tone frontis, 16 maps and numerous half tone ills. in text, maps at endpapers, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), light green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, lettered and decorated in gilt and red upper board, decorative head and tail bands, ninth in the Elite Unit series, the official record of the actions of the Sixth Marine Division during WW2, including formation and training, and tactical accounts of the operations of the Sixth US Marine Division and its components in the Pacific, includes honor roll and lists of awards and decorations, heavy, very sl. cocked, cloth a little rubbed and marked, edges tanned, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 38063

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 marine pacific guam guadalcanal okinawa asa kawa saipan sugar loaf naha oroku ara saki yokosuka

Clark, Blake,

PEARL HARBOUR [HARBOR] - An eye-witness account.

John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1942, 1st edn. UK, 75pp, half tone frontis, 3 half tone plates, [i] ad., light green cloth lettered in black at spine, a first person eye-witness account of the attack on Pearl Harbour expanded with accounts from other vantage points, sunned at spine, lightly rubbed at tips, bleaching and loss of dressing to cloth at upper corners and fore-edge, ink name/date front free endpaper, text block and plates very good, covers poor, no dustwrapper, a reading copy only,

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Book number: 39197

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 usa japan pearl harbour

Connell, Brian,

RETURN OF THE TIGER.

Sundial, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 223pp, maps in text, coloured pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), account of the exploits of a young Gordon Highlanders officer who in Malaya, 1942 joned Force 136, a network of spies and sabateurs being built up by Special Operations Executive. In 1943 after Singapore had fallen Lyon commanded Z Force, a mixed team of British and Australian sabateurs who travelled from Australia to sink enemy shipping in Singapore Harbour with limpet mines, Operation Jaywick. After this success a larger group undertook a further Operation Rimau in 1944 but they were intercepted by the Japanese, Lyon ordered most of his party to return and undertook a reduced raid with four others, then returning by attempting to island hop back to Australia. Many members of this operation were either killed in action or executed after capture, including Lyon, edges tanned, near fine,

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Book number: 45175

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 navy commado canoe limpet mine singapore jaywick rimau

Coox, Alvin,

JAPAN : THE FINAL AGONY.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No.9', an account of the final year of the war against Japan as, ravaged by firebombs and torn by her efforts to provide sufficient manpower and munitions, her leaders finally realised that she had to capitulate or be annihlated, lightly rubbed at extrems., multi-currency label upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43630

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 japan pacific far east bombing tokyo suicide weapons atomic bomb hiroshima nagasaki purnells

Coox, Alvin,

JAPAN: the final agony.

Macdonald and Co., London, 1970 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps / diagrams, numerous half tone and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No. 9', an account of the final months of WW2 when Japan anticipated invasion, routine bombing of her cities was taking place, civilian were being evacauated from centres of population, suicide weapons were being mass produced and the determination to fight was still paramount until the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki showed that continued resistance would mean total anihilation, rubbed at extrems., creasing to spine and wrappers, pages tanned, fair,

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Book number: 43738

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 japan pacific far east bombing tokyo suicide weapons atomic bomb hiroshima nagasaki

Daugherty lll, Leo J.,

FIGHTING TECHNIQUES OF THE JAPANESE INFANTRYMAN 1941-1945 - Training, Techniques and Weapons.

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 2002, 1st edn., 96pp, diagrams, coloured and half tone ills. throughout, coloured endpapers, large format (11.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, decorative head and tail bands, a description of the development of japanese military doctrine between the wars, of the martial culture of Japanese society and lessons learned from WW1, the training of officers and recruits, an explanation of the attitude towards prisoners and of suicide rather than capture themselves, and details of the weaponry and other eqipment used, small ownership label front pastedown, dustwrapper: lighgtly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38806

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 japan infantry training weapons

Falk, Stanley,

LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps in text, pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book 12', the complex campaign for the retaking of the Philippines 1944/5 and the return of General MacArthur, lightly rubbed at extrems., some creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43633

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history USA japan philippines leyte purnells

Falk, Stanley,

LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, large format (trade) paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book 12', the complex campaign for the retaking of the Philippines 1944/5 and the return of General MacArthur, a little rubbed at extrems., multi currency price label upper wrapper, pages tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43745

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history USA japan philippines leyte

Falk, Stanley,

LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, large format (trade) paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book 12', the complex campaign for the retaking of the Philippines 1944/5 and the return of General MacArthur, a little rubbed at extrems., price label and small impressed doodle upper wrapper, paper tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43746

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history USA japan philippines leyte

Frank, Benis M.,

OKINAWA - The Great Island Battle.

Elsevier / Dutton, New York, ND (copyright 1978), 1st edn. US (stated), 184pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a record of one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific war, from eyewitness accounts from both sides, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32774

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 pacific japan okinawa

Frank, Benis M.,

OKINAWA - The Great Island Battle.

Elsevier / Dutton, New York, ND (copyright 1978), 1st edn. US (stated), 184pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and double title, 3 maps/diagrams and numerous in text half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, a record of one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific war, from eyewitness accounts from both sides, lightly bumped at lower tips, dustwrapper: sun-bleached at spine, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38661

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 pacific japan okinawa

Frank, Benis M.,

OKINAWA - Capstone to Victory.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo and line ills. and maps, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book 12', the invasion of the first part of the home islands of Japan, April 1945, wrappers mis-titled 'touchstone' rather than 'capstone' which is what appears on the title page, rubbed at extrems., creasing at hinges, pages tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 43752

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history navy combined army marines pacific invasion assault

Frank, Benis M.,

OKINAWA - Capstone to Victory.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, large format (trade) paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book 12', the invasion of the first part of the home islands of Japan, April 1945, wrappers mis-titled 'touchstone' rather than 'capstone' which is what appears on the title page, rubbed at extrems., multi currency price label upper wrapper, light creasing at hinges, pages tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43753

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

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Frank, Benis M.,

OKINAWA - Capstone to Victory.

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book 12', the invasion of the first part of the home islands of Japan, April 1945, wrappers mis-titled 'touchstone' rather than 'capstone' which is what appears on the title page, lightly rubbed at extrems., tiny chip at head of spine, multi currency price label upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43754

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history navy combined army marines pacific invasion assault