Kiipu Posted June 21 Report Share Posted June 21 Military History Books Pictures can be seen at WTS Japanese Military History Books. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted July 20 Author Report Share Posted July 20 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted July 23 Author Report Share Posted July 23 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted July 25 Author Report Share Posted July 25 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted August 9 Author Report Share Posted August 9 Taihei Kumiai. Catalogue A. SOLD Sugawa Shigeo. 日本の機関銃. SOLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted August 9 Author Report Share Posted August 9 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBuoy Posted September 21 Report Share Posted September 21 I guess "The Knee Mortars of Japan, 1921–1945. 2nd edition. Banzai Special Project No. 12" got sold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted September 21 Author Report Share Posted September 21 (edited) 4 hours ago, DannyBuoy said: I guess "The Knee Mortars of Japan, 1921–1945. 2nd edition. Banzai Special Project No. 12" got sold? Danny, I still have the above book for sale. Edit: The Knee Mortars of Japan, 1921–1945 is on hold pending funds. Edited September 21 by Kiipu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBuoy Posted September 21 Report Share Posted September 21 I'd like to have it, if you can send (without folder I guess easier and less weight) to the UK? Let me know details by DM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted September 21 Author Report Share Posted September 21 SOLD Strange, Mark S., et al. The Knee Mortars of Japan, 1921–1945. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted September 23 Author Report Share Posted September 23 White, Doss H., Bill S. White, Frank A. Knapp, and George H. Taylor. The Japanese Type 99 Arisaka Short Rifle. Shoestring Publications, 1985. Beige softcover, centerfold stapled, 8.5 x 10.5 inches, 76 pages, text, charts, tables, no pictures. Copy 291 of 300. Weight 8 oz, printed USA. The two staples are rusty. The cover is detached from the top staple but still hanging on via the bottom one The center sheet is completely loose. Can be fixed via restapling, but I will let the new owner do the fixin. Price is US$99 no pun intended! Selling the two Banzai DVDs that has the years 1982–2007. Both together US$130 including shipping to the States. Lodestone Publications. Banzai: The Bulletin for the Collector of Japanese Militaria. 22 Years 1982–2003. DVD-R. Lodestone Publications. Banzai. 2000–2007. Elks, Ken. Chinese Ammunition: 1870 to the Present Day. Solo Publications, 2012. Softcover, Wire C-bound, 8.25 x 11.75, 142 pages, color illustrations. No writing or highlighting, no missing pages or tears, hardly used. US$120. McCollum, Duncan O. Japanese Rifles of World War II. Excalibur Publications, 1996. 1st edition & 1st printing. Autographed by author. Softcover, 8.5 x 11 inches, 64 pages, B&W illustrations. Weight 0 lb 8 oz, printed in USA. US25. Luer, Jon. Collecting the Type 99 Arisaka Rifle. St. Charles, Mo.: Waffenhaus, 1997. Softcover, comb bound, 8.5 x 11 inches, 33 pages, printed on one side only, B&W illustrations. Weight 0 lb 9 oz, printed in USA. US$20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted September 29 Author Report Share Posted September 29 Brown, James D. Collector’s Guide to Imperial Japanese Handguns, 1893–1945. Schiffer Military History, 2007. Softcover, 8.5 x 11 inches, 64 pages, B&W illustrations. Weight 0 lb 13 oz, printed in China. US$20 includes within USA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted September 30 Report Share Posted September 30 Quite a valuable set of books, Thomas! Good luck with the sale and thanks for the offer. I'm afraid it's information overload for me, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted September 30 Author Report Share Posted September 30 SOLD Allan, Francis C., and Harold W. Macy. The Type 38 Arisaka. Revised ed. 2021. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted October 9 Author Report Share Posted October 9 Elks, Ken. Japanese Ammunition, 1880–1945. Parts 1 & 2. Solo Publications, 2007 & 2009. Softcover, wire C-bound, 8.25 x 11.75 inches, 214 pages, tables, color illustrations. US$125. This is for both parts. If interested in separate parts, message me. Part 1: Pistol, Rifle and Machine-gun Ammunition up to 20mm. Part 2: 20mm–40mm. National Geographic Society. Cartographic Division. World War II. National Geographic Magazine, December 1991. Map. US$15.00. See pictures. Side 1: Europe and North Africa. Side 2: Asia and the Pacific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted 9 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 9 hours ago SOLD Elks, Ken. Japanese Ammunition, 1880–1945. Parts 1 & 2. Solo Publications, 2007 & 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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