Nagatsuka, R,

I WAS A KAMIKAZE.

New English Library, London, 1975, reprint, paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers by Brian Knight, an account of a young Japanese pilot's training to become a bomber suicide pilot during WW2, appendix of suicide plane attacks and results, a little rubbed and creased at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 45123

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 pilot kamikaze japan

Nagatsuka, R,

I WAS A KAMIKAZE.

New English Library, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial wrappers by Brian Knight, an account of a young Japanese pilot's training to become a bomber suicide pilot during WW2, appendix of suicide plane attacks and results, a little rubbed extrems., slight slant and vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, light creasing and soiling to wrappers, fair,

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Book number: 45520

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 pilot kamikaze japan

Nagel, Lawson,

WORLD WAR TWO - MARINES - THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGN OF THE US MARINE CORPS.

Orbis Publishing, London, ND (copyright 1975), paperback, 64pp, coloured and half tone ills. maps and diagrams throughout, oversize (10.5 x 8 inches approx.), coloured photo pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good,

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Book number: 36941

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 pacific japan

Okumiya, Masatake and Horikoshi, Jiro with Caidin, Martin,

ZERO!.

Corgi, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 412pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv], #G613, coloured lettered upper wrapper, an account of the Japese 'Zero' fighter and also that of the Japanese Navy Air Force from 1937 to 1945, covering theIr early successes with the Zero that led to their air superiority, through its later adaptation as a dive-bomber and the nororious Kamikaze suicide raids, roll and slant to wrinkled spine, edges tanned, overall soiling and light foxing to wrappers, ink name inside front wrapper, fair,

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Book number: 45521

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 pilot kamikaze japan

Owen, Frank,

THE FALL OF SINGAPORE.

Pan Books, London, 1976, reprint, paperback, 206pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the arrogance, complacency and incompetance, the unpreparedness and tactical blunders that led to the fall of Singapore to the Japenese in February, 1942, but also of the individual self-sacrifice and acts of courage by the troops, rubbed at extrems., wrappers creased and cnrs. inclined to curl, edges tanned, lacks half title, good,

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Book number: 36175

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 malaya singapore japan pow japanese

Owen, Frank,

THE FALL OF SINGAPORE.

Pan Books, London, 1972, paperback, 206pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the arrogance, complacency and incompetance, the unpreparedness and tactical blunders that led to the fall of Singapore to the Japenese in February, 1942, but also of the individual self-sacrifice and acts of courage by the troops, a little rubbed at extrems. with some sl. surface loss to spine, light marks to wrappers, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 41841

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 malaya singapore japan pow japanese

van der Post, Laurens,

THE ADMIRAL'S BABY.

John Murray, London, 1996, 1st edn., xii, 340pp, half tone frontis portrait, in text maps, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated phot pictorial dustwrapper, the sequel to 'Night of the New Moon' which told of his capticity in a Japanese POW camp in Java, starting being freed on 21st August 1945 and staying on at the request of the Japanese to help them protect the ex-prisoners and internees from Indonesian Nationalists, while they waited for the arrival of Allied troops, edges tanned, faint foxing to upper edge, dustwrapper: faintly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39228

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 far east pow java japan peacekeeper

Prendergast, John,

PRENDER'S PROGRESS - A Soldier in India 1931-47.

Cassell, London, 1979, 1st edn., 256pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., ochre cloth grain paper covered bds. lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, memoirs of a British officer in the Indian Army, including his service of the North-West Frontier and his WW2 experiences in Norway and Burma, until independence and partition in 1947, book and dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 26099

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: ww2 army india norway burma

Rawlings, Leo,

AND THE DAWN CAME UP LIKE THUNDER.

Rawlings, Chapman Publications, 1972, 1st edn., xxxi, facsimile, half tone photo ills. and 119 plates of the author's work in text, maps at front endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the experiences of an artist, a Gunner/Signaller with the territorial unit the 137 Field Regiment, RA, posted to Singapore in September 1941, in the front line in Malaya until the capitulation in February, 1942, and then over three years as a POW of the Japanese during which time he recorded events, conditions and atrocities including time on the Burma Railway, with a supporting account by Bill Duncan, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, faint mark on title, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36374

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 singapore japan pow

Rooney, D. D.,

STILWELL.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, large format (trade) paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War II', the WW2 career of 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell with the unenviable task of retaking Burma from his position of Chief of Staff to Chinag Kai Shek, slight slant to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,

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Book number: 43838

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 army far east burma india china stilwell

Rooney, D. D.,

STILWELL.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War II', the WW2 career of 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell with the unenviable task of retaking Burma from his position of Chief of Staff to Chinag Kai Shek, spine sl. wrinkled, rubbed at extrems., very good,

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Book number: 43839

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

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Rooney, D. D.,

STILWELL.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1973, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, maps, numerous half tone and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War II, War Leader Book No. 6', the WW2 career of 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell with the unenviable task of retaking Burma from his position of Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai Shek, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to spine, very good,

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Book number: 43840

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 army far east burma india china stilwell

Rutherford, Ward,

FALL OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo and line ills. and maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War ll', account of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in December, 1942, very lightly rubbed at extrems., slight sunning to spine, line thro' price panel lower wrapper, ink numerals top cnr. half title, very good plus,

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Book number: 43842

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history america japan philippines

Rutherford, Ward,

FALL OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, maps, numerous half tone photo and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'Illustrated History of World War ll', account of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in December, 1942, lightly rubbed at extrems., light creasing to spine, very good plus,

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Book number: 43843

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 pan/ballantine history america japan philippines

Sakai, Saburo with Caidin, Martin and Saito, Fred,

SAMURAI.

New English Library, London, 1969, reissued edn., paperback, 190pp, [ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the story of Saburo Sakai, the Japanese navy pilot of Zero fighters who was credited with 64 enemy planes but, as was the way in the Japenese forces, who never received any recognition from his government, a little rubbed at tips, fainr creasing to wrappers, edges lightly tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45672

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 japan navy pilot zero