The Singapore Surrender. The Greatest Disaster in British Military History
Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1992. More
Japan
London Atlas Map of Japan
London, Edward Stanford, 1903 ('10.IX.03'). An attractive and detailed map of Japan, issued on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War. More
Kyoto Woodcuts
Tokyo, Kodansha International Ltd., 1978. The original woodcut, printed on 'one hundred percent mulberry (kozo) paper', is signed and numbered in pencil by the artist (#139/3000). More
Proud Echo
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1957 (third reprint)/ 1953. 'On 28 February 1982 the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth, and the American heavy cruiser, Houston ... encountered a strong Japanese convoy moving in to invade Java and, after a fierce engagement with an overwhelming force of [Japanese] cruisers and destroyers, were..... More
Japanese Woodblock Prints in Miniature. The Genre of Surimono
Rutland, Tuttle, 1970. More
In the Hands of Fate. The Story of Patrol Wing Ten, 8 December 1941 - 11 May 1942
Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1985. Loosely inserted is an autographed letter (dated 10 July 1996) to aviation historian David Vincent from Allan G. LeBaron (see page 247); not least of which relates to Chief Bannowsky, 'the Naval Aviation Pilot mentioned on page 34. Did you know that on one flight..... More
Mr Michel's War. From Manila to Mukden: An American Navy Officer's War with the Japanese, 1941-1945
Novato, Presidio Press, 1998. More
Ceramic Art of the World, Volume 16. Southeast Asia
Tokyo, Shogakukan, 1984. Text in Japanese with an index of plates in English. More
Makers of Japan
London, Methuen, 1906. When Emperor Meiji died in 1912, Japan had gone from being an isolated, pre-industrial, feudal country dominated by the Tokugawa shogunate and the daimyos, to a great power which had undergone political, social, and industrial revolution. The author travelled throughout Japan and met the influential men who..... More
The Invisible War. The Untold Secret Story of Number One Canadian Special Wireless Group, Royal Canadian Signal Corps, 1944-1946
Toronto, Dundurn Group, 2001. Part of the story of the 'Magic' network. Loosely inserted is an obituary notice for a former signaler with the unit. More
The Years Away
Sydney, Wordspec, 1993/ 1993. Not least, PNG in WW2. By the author of Down the Breakie, North from Scarlet. More
End of Betty ... Squadron Leader Dick Cresswell breaks away in his Kittyhawk after a successful attack on a formation of 'Betty' bombers over Darwin [at 5 am] on 23 November 1942
A large-format colour print (430 × 600 mm) inscribed, dated (25 March 1998) and signed by Squadron Leader Dick Cresswell, DFC. Cresswell (1920-2006) was the first RAAF pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft over Australian soil, which is the image depicted here. He was also the only man to..... More
Eastern Ceramics and other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum/ Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981. More
Tamba Pottery. The Timeless Art of a Japanese Village
Japan, Kodansha International Ltd., 1970. More
Suiseki. The Japanese Art of Miniature Landscape Stones
Berkeley, Stone Bridge Press, 1997. More
The Genus Hosta, Giboshi Zoku
Portland, Timber Press, 1997/ 1991. More
Japan. A History in Art
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964. More
The Second-Generation Japanese Problem
Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1934. With the ownership signature (and place and dated 1934-5) of Sir Walter Crocker, his annotations on the rear flyleaf and his occasional marginal pencilling. Crocker spent two years at Stanford from June 1928 as a Fellow of the Commonwealth Fund. He studied demography, specialising (in..... More
Japanese Imperial Navy Aircraft
[Tokyo], Burin-Do Co. Ltd., 1987. With the orginal purchase receipt made out to aviation historian David Vincent. Koku-Fan Illustrated No. 38. More
United States Bomber Unit in World War II [sic]
[Japan], Bunrin-do, 1980. Text in Japanese but extensively illustrated. Loosely inserted is a photograph of the nose of Liberator 'Nipponese Clipper'. Aircraft include B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, B-26 Marauder, B-29 Super Fortress; not least, over 30 pages of 'Nose Art of U.S. Bombers'. Koku-Fan Illustrated Number 5..... More
The Most Dangerous Moment
Dehiwala, Tisara Prakasakayo, 1993 (revised third edition)/ 1976. More
Governance and Policing of Colonial Korea: 1904-1919
Kyoto, International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, 2011 (first English language edition). Nichibunken Monograph Series Number 12. More
Those Air Force Days
Surrey Hills, The Author, 1986. Signed (and dated: 1986) by the author; one of 2000 copies. Publication details slip loosely inserted.'Being the true story of an enlisted man in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1942 to 1946. The every day life of its airmen, the air war in Darwin..... More
The Church serves Japan
London, Society for the Propogation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1956. More