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HOKUSAI: PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND WOODCUTS
Written by J. Hillier. Illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai.
Stock no. 1822331
Published by Phaidon. 3rd 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Third edition with extended bibliography. Hokusai is one of the few Japanese artists whose appeal is not restricted to those who understand and appreciate the Eastern idiom in painting. This book is one of the most comprehensive and fully illustrated works on Hokusai published in English, the author describes the slow unfolding of the artist's gifts as print designer and book illustrator... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 071481833X. A few small marks to lower edge of front board. Light browning to top edge of boards. Text block lightly browned, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and top edges, rear panel lightly scuffed.

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HELL ON WHEELS - FREAK JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES
Written by Kyoichi Tsuzuki.
Stock no. 1321214
Published by Aspect Corp.. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour photographic boards. Full of colour photos. ISBN: 4893669303. Covers are edge rubbed. Glassine wrapper is rubbed and lightly scratched.

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HOKUSAI: LIFE AND WORK
Written by Richard Lane. Illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai.
Stock no. 2134635
Published by Barrie & Jenkins. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Japanese artist and print-maker, is now recognised as one of the great masters of the ukiyo-e print, illustration, sketch and painting. Large format. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0712625062. A couple of small knocks to top and tail of spine. Pale page edge browning.

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THE DECLINE AND FALL OF NAZI GERMANY AND IMPERIAL JAPAN
Written by Hans Dollinger.
Stock no. 2133088
Published by Gramercy Books. 1st USA 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. A Pictorial History of the Final Days of World War II. Black cloth spine, gilt title; red covers. B/w photos. ISBN: 0517123991. Wrapper has some browning to edges and spine.

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PRISONER OF THE RISING SUN
Written by Stanley Wort.
Stock no. 2132645
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. When the author joined the Royal Navy in 1940, he could never have imagined the nightmare experiences that lay ahead of him. ISBN: 9781848840034. Couple of tiny knocks along edges of covers.

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PASSAGE TO DESTINY
Written by Brian James Crabb.
Stock no. 2130289
Published by Paul Watkins. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Sinking of the S.S. Khedive Ismail In the Sea War Against Japan. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1900289105. SIGNED by author to title page. Light bumping to spine. A few small indentation marks to covers.

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THE WAR IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS
Written by Gordon Warner.
Stock no. 2129139
1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Operation Iceberg. Some wear along cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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REAPING THE WHIRLWIND
Written by Nigel Cawthorne.
Stock no. 2128903
Published by David & Charles. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780715322826.

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THE COOLIE GENERALS
Written by Mark Felton.
Stock no. 2127120
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2008. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Britain's Far Eastern Military Leaders In Japanese Captivity. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781844157679.

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GREEN WILLOW AND OTHER JAPANESE FAIRY TALES
Written by Grace James. Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 2126689
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Very good condition.

De-Luxe edition, Limited to 500 copies. 40 exquisite tissue-guarded colour plates, mounted on brown card. 38 tales and legends collected from many sources. Vellum bound, with gilt titles and vignettes. Foxing and spotting to covers, endpapers and outer page edges; a few to some page margins. Ties to covers are no longer present. A few scuff marks to covers. All plates are present and in fine condition!

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DOOLITTLE'S TOKYO RAIDERS
Written by Carroll V. Glines.
Stock no. 1610257
Published by D. Van Nostrand. 1964. Almost very good condition.

Who with their '20-cent' bombsights and a billion dollars worth of courage, took off on a spectacular secret mission that changed the course of World War II in the Pacific. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 447 pages includes index. Minor bumping and scuffing to corners and spine. Inscription to front pastedown. Front joint cracked.

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CROMMELIN'S THUNDERBIRDS AIR GROUP 12 STRIKES THE HEART OF JAPAN
Written by Roy W. Bruce; Charles R. Leonard. Illustrated by Roy W. Bruce.
Stock no. 2118443
Published by Naval Institute Press. Circa 1994. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Black cloth spine, with silver title. Red boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1557505098.

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