9780853681519

Book Description: Naval Institute Press. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 0853681511 First edition hardback with dust jacket. Slight staining DJ at top and base of spine otherwise no damage, internally clean. Very good / very good condition. Bookseller Inventory # A4D80014

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Book Description: Weidenfeld Military, 1977. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust wrapper is undamaged but a little soft and ill fitting, now in removable clear sleeve. Bookseller Inventory # 11360

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Book Description: Arms and Armour Press (Lionel Leventhal Limited), 2-6 Hampstead High Street, Hampstead, London, Engl, 1977. Decorative Cloth Hardback. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. With Archieve Photographs, Drawings, Illustrations, Plans and Lists (illustrator). First Edition ( U. K. ). 10." x 9.8". Book Description: 2-6 Hampstead High Street, Hampstead, London, England, Arms and Armour Press (Lionel Leventhal Limited), 1977, First Edition ( U. K.), Decorative Cloth Hardback, Fine/Very Good: d/j has slight wear to top and bottom and one corner, book itself has some blackish marks to bottom end leaves at the very right hand side and at the back inside cover board has the letter D in a box in a greyish blue colour which is only visable when you open the d/j flap, other than that in excellent condition througjhout: Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 By Hansgeorg Jentschura; Dieter Jung; and Peter Mickel, Translated By Antony Preston and J. D. Brown: Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 is the culmination of three German naval historians in attempting to document every combatant to serve in the Imperial Japanese Navy. This is the most complete book on the IJN available and contains excellent data on all major and minor warships. A useful reference for the modeler, the original German edition had better line drawings, but few photos. The strength of this English edition is the collection of photos, many not seen outside of Japan until now. The book is very complete, listing almost every warship, of every size and type, manned by the IJN during the covered period. The data are quite detailed and the book is filled with a lot of fine drawings. Every class is briefly described in all respects: technically, historically and as regard the operational career of each ship till her life's end (scrapped or lost, it doesn't matter). If you are looking for a complete reference on the IJN's warships, you can't miss this book. The origin of this book, and the gathering of material to he used for it, goes back over thirty years. The idea was that of Erich Grdner, historian of the German navy, and author of Die Deutschen Kriegschiffe, I HI5-1945, (Lehmanns, Munich). In October 1942, thanks to a special request by Hitler, the German Naval Attache in Tokyo, Admiral Wenneker, was permitted to pay a short visit of inspection to a Yamalo class "super-dreadnought" in a dockyard, and then to cable a very detailed description of the ship to Berlin. On 22nd August 1943, Grdner was shown this report at the Fiihrer HQ for the purpose of interpretation and preparation of a design sketch drawing, under security supervision. Later, at the time of the collapse of the Third Reich, he rescued a copy of this sketch intending to use it as the frontispiece in a volume on Japanese warships. And after the war, hoping to put his plan into practice, Grdner embarked on an enthusiastic exchange of material with Shizuo Fukui, a Japanese naval constructor who planned similar publications in Japan. Following Grdner's death, we decided to follow up the project. As Peter Mickel had already drawn a large number of plans of Japanese warships and discussed them with Grdner, continuity in this respect seemed assured. In the completion of this enormous task, he was later joined by F. Mrva. to whom special thanks are due for his utterly reliable assistance. The task of preparing the text was undertaken by Hansgeorg Jentschura and Dieter Jung in the face of considerable difficulties. Original documents were not available for research, enquiries could not be made of individuals involved and no visits could be made to builders. Particular attention was paid to problems arising from varying transcriptions of Japanese characters and which have led to the appearance in many publications of "phantom" ships. We give our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Wolfram Miiller-Yokota of the University of Bochum for his help in clarifying these anomalies. Please note that in the cases of many vessels of a certain type, such as Ha submarines or Cha submarine chasers, the index indicates a wide range of numbered vessels over two to four pages. (For example, Cha 151-253, WWII auxiliary submarine chasers, on pages 219-221). I’ve made a separate entry for each vessel, such as Cha 1. Bookseller Inventory # 004840

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Book Description: Arms and Armour Press, 779, 813, 1977. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Arms and Armour Press. 1977. 284 pgs. Illustrated with photos. DJ in VG shape with light shelfwear present to the DJ. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Photos sent upon request. 779, 813; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 284 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 24418

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