Japanese Warships of World War II
Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition (stated). Small octavo hardcover in red cloth with spine stamped in silver. 400 pp. with index. Illustrated throughout with photogarphs and detailed drawings. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket, British price clipped, U.S. price of $5.95 intact on front panel. The first comprehensive handbook to detail Japanese Warships of World War II. Within these page sare found the vessels of the Imperial japanese navy from the mighty Yamato class to the suicide submarines. Each class and type has its own short introduction which includes development of its design, building, wartime exploits, armament changes and fate. Other details such as specification, complement, builde, etc are presented in tables. Fine / fine. Item #E27162
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