WTS Japanese Militaria Books

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Military History Books

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Kobayashi, Ushisaburo. Military Industries of Japan. Oxford University Press, 1922. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.75 inches, 272 pages, text & tables only. Weight 1 lb 9 oz, printed USA. US$50.

 

George, John B. Shots Fired in Anger. 2nd ed. National Rifle Association of America, 1981. Dust jacket, hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25 inches, 538 pages, drawings, B&W inserts. This is the second edition that came out in 1981 and is much larger than the 1st edition. US$50.
 

McLean, Donald B., editor. Japanese Parachute Troops. Normount Technical Publications, 1973. Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 64 pages, black & white illustrations. Weight 0 lb 4 oz, printed USA. This is a reprint of Special Series 32 of 01 July 1945 by the U.S. War Department's Military Intelligence Division. US$20.

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Taihei Kumiai. Catalogue A: Rifles, Machine Guns and Others. Originally printed in about 1935. Reprinted by Fred L. Honeycutt, Jr., 1979.  Softcover, 8.5 x 11 inches, 76 pages, grayscale illustrations. Weight 0 lb 11 oz, printed in USA. US$45 includes shipping to USA.

 

@Stegel Note the length of the leather sword knot on the Type 32.

 

 

 

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Babich, Gregory. Imperial Japanese Grenade Rifles and Launchers [大日本帝國の擲彈銃と擲彈器]. Dutch Harlow Publishing Company, 2004. Dust jacket, hardcover, 8.5 x 11 inches, 264 pages, color illustrations. Weighs 3 lb 6 oz, printed in USA. New condition. US$80.

 

 

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Sugawa Shigeo 須川薫雄. Nihon no kikanjū 日本の機関銃: 日露戦争100周年を迎えて [Japanese Machine Guns: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Russo-Japanese War]. SugawaWeapons Company, 2003. Dust jacket, hardcover, 7.5 x 10.25 inches, 470 pages, tables, B&W illustrations with 8 page color insert. Weight 3 lb 2 oz, printed in Japan. US$199 includes S&H to USA.

 

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Taihei Kumiai. Catalogue A. SOLD

Sugawa Shigeo. 日本の機関銃. SOLD

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Allan, Francis C., Doss H. White, and Stanley Zielinski. The Early Arisakas: A Study Of The Japanese Type 30 Rifles & Carbines, Manchu Arisakas, Naval Type 35 Rifles, Substitute 02/45 Rifles And Their Variations. 2nd edition. 2022. PDF file on CD, 8.5x11 inches, 90 pages, color illustrations. US$15.

 

Allan, Francis C., and Harold W. Macy. The Type 38 Arisaka. Revised ed. Banzai Special Project #8R. 2021. Softcover, spiral bound, 8.5 x 11 inches, 326 pages, color illustrations. Weight 2 lb 13 oz, printed in USA. US$100 includes shipping to US.

 

Markham, George. Japanese Infantry Weapons of World War Two. Hippocrene Books, 1976. Hardcover with duskjacket, almost new condition, black & white pictures, about 100 pages, still a useful book after all these years, US$50.

 

Isomura Teruaki. Early Made Japanese Military Small Arms Ammunition. 1984. Softcover, 7.25 x 10.5 inches, 24 pages, color illustrations. US$30 including shipping to States.

 

Strange, Mark S., Don W. Voigt, and Doss H. White. The Knee Mortars of Japan, 1921–1945. 2nd edition. Banzai Special Project No. 12. Lodestone Publications, 2011. Softcover, unbound, 8.5 x 11 inches, 100 pages, color & B&W illustrations. Weight 1 lb 1 oz, printed in USA. Some pages started falling out so converted it into a 3-ring binder format. No missing pages and in excellent condition. US$89 including shipping within USA.  See picture below.

 

Sugawa Shigeo. The Japanese Matchlock: A Story of the Tanegashima. 1991. A translation of Nihon no hinawajū 日本の火縄銃.  Used, English language, hardcover, signed, color, around 62 pages, US$175.  International buyers, this book will fit in a flat-rate priority mail envelope.