Broken Wings of the Samurai. The Destruction of the Japanese Airforce
Shrewsbury, Airlife, 1993. More
Shrewsbury, Airlife, 1993. More
Portland, Timber Press, 1993 ('Corrected reprint')/ 1991. 'Approximately 3500 names and synonyms are listed, including nearly 300 Japanese names printed in kana'. More
Belmont and Kingsgrove, The Authors, [1994]. 'Singapore Betrayed, Australia Abandoned'. More
Rutland, Charles E. Tuttle, 1996. Publisher's paper bookmark loosely inserted. More
Berkeley, Stone Bridge Press, 1997. More
Portland, Timber Press, 1997/ 1993 ['Corrected reprint']/ 1991. 'Approximately 3500 names and synonyms are listed, including nearly 300 Japanese names printed in kana'. More
Novato, Presidio Press, 1998. More
Umag, Croatia, Marino Cettina Gallery, 2000. The front free endpaper is signed in black ink by the photographer, along with his chop mark stamped in red ink. The book was published in conjunction with an exhibition held in June and July 1999 at the Marino Cettina Gallery. Masaki Hirano's photography..... More
Atglen, Schiffer Military History, 2001. More
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
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2002. 'a tour of 120 gardens across Japan, covering a broader geographical spread than any other book available in English, [explaining] the gardens' physical aspects, and the historical, symbolic, religious and meditative meanings, purposes and allusions embodied in them' (dustwrapper). More
Botley, Osprey, 2003. Osprey Combat Aircraft Number 39. More
Mechanicsburg, Stackpole Books, 2004. With some related ephemera loosely inserted. More
Narrabeen, Casper Publications, 2006 (revised edition)/ 1982. Inscribed and signed in ink by the author on the title page. More
Tuggeranong, Air Power Development Centre, 2006. Signed in ink on the title page by the author. Winner of the 2005 RAAF Heritage Awards. More
Cassville, The Author, 2007. More
Darwin, Tall Stories, 2007 (third edition)/ 1999. A comprehensive account, this third edition 'also contains and authoritative chapter analysing the rumours that many more people died than are given in most accounts' (rear cover). More
Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2009 (first edition). Exhibition catalogue. More
Barnsley, Pen & Sword Aviation, 2010. More
Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2010. More
Kyoto, International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, 2011 (first English language edition). Nichibunken Monograph Series Number 12. More
Atlanta, Japanese Embroidery Center & Kurenai-kai, 2011. Exhibition catalogue. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2012 (second edition)/ 2000. This edition has been lightly edited and has two pages of notes. More
London, Hakluyt Society, 2012. Hakluyt Society Series 3, Number 25. Translated by J.F. Moran; annotations and introduction by Massarella. More
Coolalinga, David M. Welch, 2014. The author 'survived 48 missions and 500 hours flying over Japanese enemy territory during World War Two, both as a gunner and radar countermeasures operator. Most of his service was spent living and flying with US Army Air Force bomb squadrons base at Fenton airstrip..... More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2016 (first edition). Able Seaman Edward Sheean was serving on the newly-commissioned HMAS 'Armidale' when she was returning to Darwin from Timor after performing escort duties. 'Shortly before 14:00 on 1 December 1942 "Armidale" ... was attacked by no less than thirteen aircraft. The corvette manoeuvred..... More
Darwin, Avonmore Books, 2016. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2017. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2018. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2018. Adelaide, Gawler, Mallala, Mount Gambier, Parafield, Port Pirie, Victor Harbor. 'At the start of the Second World War there was no permanent RAAF presence in South Australia, but within just two years there were several facilities housing thousands of personnel and hundreds of aircraft. The..... More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2019. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2020/ 2017. A description of the air raids and fierce air battles fought across the Top End of Australia in World War II, including the aircraft, pilots and crew involved. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2020. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2021. 'In 1942 the air defence of the northern Australian frontier town of Darwin was operated by airmen from the United States. That year was very nearly the end of Australia as a country. To those men the present nation owes a debt. A massive Japanese..... More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2022. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2022. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2023. 'This first volume of Solomons Air War chronicles aerial warfare in the opening phase of the war in the Solomons Islands theatre, being the critical period of August-September 1942. After occupying the Solomon Islands capital of Tulagi with ease in May 1942, the Imperial Japanese..... More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2023. 'This second volume of Solomons Air War chronicles aerial warfare in the Solomon Islands theatre during the critical month of October 1942 ... October 1942 saw an explosion of air activity in the Solomons. During the first three weeks of the month busy Tokyo Express..... More
One photograph features columns of soldiers marching with packs and rifles (with fixed bayonets) over a suspension bridge and along a riverside path in a rural area, watched over by a local family standing at the top of a nearby cutting. The second photograph depicts (presumably) the same troops in..... More
The material ranges from standard fare (iconic structures, picturesque landscapes, exotic costumes) to most interesting and unusual street-level documentary images. These large-format prints (84 are approximately 205 × 270 mm each, three are a little larger, and two are panoramas measuring 120 × 300 mm) have never been mounted, and..... More
Maps of the four main islands of Japan and the Korean Peninsula are surrounded by borders of cherry blossom and bamboo, with scenes of Mt Fuji, a pagoda, and birds on the wing. Major cities are shown on the maps; Korea has Pyongyang, Seoul and Pusan, with '38° LINE' in..... More
Each sheet measures approximately 183 × 330 mm, inclusive of a sidebar of Japanese text; two have short edge tears (with slight evidence of earlier attempts at repair); the paper is foxed and a little discoloured; overall in very good condition. More
General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Force, South West Pacific Area, accepted the surrender of Lieutenant General Fusataro Teshima, Commander of the 2nd Japanese Army at Moratai, at '1 Corps Sports Ground. Lt Gen Teshima was accompanied by Captain Toyima, who signed for the Japanese Navy' (Australian War Memorial)..... More
+ HOSOKAWA, Peter F.: A five-colour woodcut bookplate for Arvid Vilms, signed by the artist. External dimensions 108 × 84 mm; with the discreet date-stamp (1980) on the reverse (showing through slightly, and impacting a little on the signature pencilled in the bottom margin); in excellent condition. The Frederikshavn-Kunstmuseum has..... More