Dilena James (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st American Edition. Very light wear on upper corners and spine ends. Text is clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. "A personal eyewitness account of the 2 tragic events that framed WWII. One is told by a American survivor of Pearl Harbor. One is told by a Japanese survivor of Hiroshima. Followed by a Japanese civilian who survived the bombing raids on Tokyo. Presented with the wishes that it may contribute to a dialogue of peace and understanding between the 2 nations. All of our books are individually inspected and never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; vii, 36, 50, vii pages : maps ; 21 cm. Notes; In English and Japanese. Contents; Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 : the day of infamy and beyond / James G. Dilena -- Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 / Yasuo Takeyama -- Forty-four years later / Janet F. Takeyama -- To love the enemy of yesterday / Kay T. Dilena. Subjects; 1941. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 ; Personal narratives. Atomic bomb victims Japan ; Personal narratives. Atomic bomb victims. Hawaii. Japan. 3 Kg.

Trade Paperback. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Condition: very good. 88, wraps, map, text is in Japanese and English. Foreword by Mike Mansfield, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan. James G. Dilena, an American survivor of Pearl Harbor, and Yasuo Takeyama, his brother-in-law and a Japanese survivor of Hiroshima, present their eyewitness accounts. Kay T. Dilen writes about her experiences as a Japanese civilian who survived the bombing raids, and later married an American.

Condition: Good. Good condition. English and Japanese. (attack on Pearl Harbor 1941, atomic bomb victims, personal narratives, books in Japanese) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. vii, 1-36 // 50-1, vii, dual-language, illustrated with a few facsimiles. Softbound, an exceptionally attractive production, paste-fastened into blue & grey 8x5.5 inch textured wraps. Immaculate, except for ink-penned inscription signed by Kay Dilena, on the dark-blue front endsheet (no bleed-thru). First English edition. A fine copy: perfectly sound and clean, and otherwise unmarked. FYI, author/publisher Yasuo Takeyama was, I think relevantly, former managing director and editor in chief of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (The Japan Economic Journal).

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; vii, 36, 50, vii pages : maps ; 21 cm. Notes; In English and Japanese. Contents; Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 : the day of infamy and beyond / James G. Dilena -- Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 / Yasuo Takeyama -- Forty-four years later / Janet F. Takeyama -- To love the enemy of yesterday / Kay T. Dilena. Subjects; 1941. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 ; Personal narratives. Atomic bomb victims Japan ; Personal narratives. Atomic bomb victims. Hawaii. Japan. 1 Kg.