Language: English
Published by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2000
ISBN 10: 087220524X ISBN 13: 9780872205246
Paperback. Condition: As New. [From the library of noted scholar Richard A. Macksey.] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st printing, June 1962; #9772. Cover art by John Van Zwienens. Includes "Introduction"; "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble" by Holley Cantine; "The Never Ending Penny" by Bernard Wolfe; "The Fellow Who Married the Maxwell Girl" by Ward Moore; "Something Invented Me" by R. C. Phelan; "A Sigh for Cybernetics" by Felicia Lamport; "Obvious!" by Michael Ffolkes; "I Remember Babylon" by Arthur C. Clarke; "The Lagging Profession" by Leonard Lockhard; "The Distortion" by Shel Silverstein; "Report on the nature of the Lunar Surface" by John Brunner; "J. G." by Roger Price; "Chief" by Henry Slesar; "Psalm" by Lester del Rey; "The Large Ant" by Howard Fast; "A Rose by Any Other Name" by Christopher Anvil; "Enchantment" by Elizabeth Emmett; "Thiotimoline and the Space Age" by Isaac Asimov; "Beach Scene" by Marshall King; "Creasture of teh Snows" by William Sambrot; "Abominable" by Fredric Brown; "The Man on Top" by R. Bretnor; "David's Daddy" by Rosel George Brown; "The Thinkers" by Walt Kelly; "Something Bright" by Zenna Henderson; "In the House, Another" by Joseph Whitehill; "A Serious Search for Weird Worlds" by Ray Bradbury; "Ed Lear Wasn't So Crazy!" by Hilbert Schenck, Jr.; "Instructor" by Thelwell; "The Brotherhood of Keepers" by Dean McLaughlin; "Hemingway in Space" by Kingsley Amis; "Mine Own Ways" by Richard McKenna; "Old Hundredth" by Brian W. Aldiss; "Radiation Blues" and "Blowup Blues" by Theodore Cogswell; "Ballad of the Shoshonu" by Gordon R. Dickson; "How to Think a Science Fiction Story" by G. Harry Stine; "The Year in SF" by Judith Merril; "S-F Books - 1960" by Anthony Boucher; "Honorable Mentions". Creasing; tanning; edge and corner wear; minor cover scar. Book.
Language: English
Published by Putnam - G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1974
ISBN 10: 0399111883 ISBN 13: 9780399111884
Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Paul Lehr; (illustrator). First Hardcover Edition. 248 pp. From the SF Book Club. Black boards lettered in orange on the spine; headband. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with some rubbing on the rear panel; no interior markings. Dj art by Paul Lehr. This anthology contains: Et in Arcadia Ego by Thomas M. Disch; Ullward's Retreat - a novelette by Jack Vance; The Man Who Loved the Faioli by Roger Zelazny; The Fire and the Sword - a novelette by Frank M. Robinson; All of Us Are Dying by George Clayton Johnson; Old Hundredth by Brian W. Aldiss; Fair by John Brunner; The Forgotten Enemy by Arthur C. Clarke; Warrior by Gordon R. Dickson; But Soft, What Light by Carol Emshwiller; The Misogynist by James Gunn; Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley; The Autumn Land by Clifford D. Simak; A Sense of Beauty by Robert Taylor; and The Last Flight of Dr Ain by James Tiptree Jr. Size: 8vo. Book.
Language: English
Published by Thunder's Mouth Press / SFBC, 2005
ISBN 10: 0739451901 ISBN 13: 9780739451908
Seller: Mom's Resale and Books, River Hills, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. 2005 Hardcover Edition. Very light shelf wear to DJ. Looks unread.
Language: English
Published by Archon Books, Hamden, Connecticut, 1970
ISBN 10: 0020801815 ISBN 13: 9780020801818
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. John Flower - maps (illustrator). 1st Edition. xvi + 151 pp, a note on the series, by Peter Young, b&w frontis photo of Roger de Mauni, Memoirs in six titled chapters, select bibliography, 3 maps, index. 5.5" x 8.75" maroon cloth, gilt spine letters, in clipped, illustrated DJ. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper white and well preserved. Exterior crisp. Size: Slim Octavo. Book.
Language: English
Published by Cinefantastique, Oak Park, Il, 1976
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Roger Stine cover Art "Carrie" (illustrator). 1st. glossy pictorial c; 48 clean, unmarked pages; includes: Featured Movie: Stephen King's Salem's Lot; Paul M. Simmon (Walt Disney's "The Black Hole"); Mike Childs & Alan Jones ("Clash of the Titans"); Preston Neal Jones ("Star Trek--The Motion Picture) Movie Reveiws, Et.
Language: English
Published by Cinefantastique, Oak Park, Il, 1983
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Roger Stine cover Art (illustrator). 1st. glossy pictorial c; 62 clean, unmarked pages; includes: Sci-fi; Fantasy; Films Of David Cronenberg (Dead Zone, Videodrome); Paul R. Gagne (Stephen King); Anthony Reveaux (jordan Belson Phil Kaufman, "The Right Stuff"); Kyle Counts & Charlotte Wa=olter (Douglas Trumball; Brainstorm); Les Paul Robley (Dpace Age Videogame; Movie Reveiws, Etc.
Language: English
Published by Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2005
ISBN 10: 1560256664 ISBN 13: 9781560256663
Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Michael Carroll; (illustrator). First Edition. (xii) 307 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Michael Carroll. Subtitled: Tales of Mars from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. This anthology contains: We Can Remember It for You Wholesale - a novelette by Philip K. Dick; In the Hall of the Martian Kings - a novella by John Varley; The Wilderness by Ray Bradbury; Mars Is Ours by Alfred Coppel; Crime on Mars by Arthur C. Clarke; Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon by Leigh Brackett; A Rose for Ecclesiastes - a novelette by Roger Zelazny; Hellas Is Florida - a novelette by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford; The First Mars Mission by Robert F. Young; The Last Mars Trip by Michael Cassutt; The Great Martian Pyramid Hoax by Jerry Oltion; and Pictures from an Expedition - a novella by Alex Irvine. Size: 8vo. Book.
Language: English
Published by St. Martin's Griffin, New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 0312275706 ISBN 13: 9780312275709
Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Chesley Bonestell; (illustrator). First Edition. (xiii) 446 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Chesley Bonestell. This anthology contains: Preface by Gardner Dozois; The Big Rain - a novella by Poul Anderson; When the People Fell by Cordwainer Smith; Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke; Hunter Come Home - a novelette by Richard McKenna; The Keys to December - a novelette by Roger Zelazny; Retrograde Summer - a novelette by John Varley; Shall We Take a Walk - a novelette by Gregory Benford; The Catharine Wheel - a novelette by Ian McDonald; Sunken Gardens by Bruce Sterling; Out of Copyright by Charles Sheffield; A Place with Shade - a novelette by Robert Reed; Dawn Venus - a novelette by G. David Nordley; For White Hill - a novella by Joe Haldeman; The Road to Reality - a novelette by Phillip C. Jennings; Ecopoesis - a novella by Geoffrey A. Landis; People Came from Earth by Stephen Baxter; Fossils - a novelette by William H. Keith Jr; A Martian Romance - a novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson; Dream of Venus - a novelette by Pamela Sartent; and At Tide's Turning - a noveletta by Laura J. Mixon. Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Ltd., Hants, UK, 2000
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good.
Seller: Mirror Image Book, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. Moll, Charles - Cover (illustrator). First Printing. Science fiction anthology paperback, Condition is new.*We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books sent in the same package, please contact us for more info.**.WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK.Summary - From the luminaries of S-F --great tales spanning 150 years of speculative fiction, chilling tales of the last man on earth.tale of a race to the moon in sun-yachts. fable of a refuge for women-without men.errie fantasy of a robot maverick woth murder on its positronic mind.etc Stories include: The Running by Richard Posner / Lenny by Isaac Asimov / "The Land Ironclads", The Chronic Argonauts" & "The Crystal Egg" by H. G. Wells / Sunjammer by Arthur C. Clarke / Ms. Found in an Abandoned Time Machine by Robert Silverberg / The Storm by Gardner Dozois / The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Begum's Fortune by Jules Verne / With the Night Mail by Rudyard Kipling / Ariel by Roger Elwood / The Serpent in Eden by Poul Anderson / The Weariest River by Thomas N. Scortia / The Rescued Girls of Refugee by Anne McCaffrey / The Shinning One by Nat Schachner / My Friend Klatu by Laurence Yep / The Gentle Captive by Tom Godwin / The Last Congregation by Howard Goldsmith / Towards the Beloved City by Philip Jose Farmer / High Priest by J. F. Bone.
Condition: FINE. Book club edition. An anthology containing stories selected by the authors themselves, each with a personal introduction by the author. SIGNED by Harry Harrison on the title page. Includes All of Us Are Dying by George Clayton Johnson; Old Hundredth by Brian W. Aldiss; Et in Arcadia Ego by Thomas M. Disch; Ullward's Retreat by Jack Vance; The Forgotten Enemy by Arthur C. Clarke; The Fire and the Sword by Frank M. Robinson; Fair by John Brunner; Warrior by Gordon R. Dickson; But Soft What Light by Carol Emshwiller; The Misogynist by James Gunn; Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley; The Autumn Land by Clifford D. Simak; A Sense of Beauty by Robert Taylor; and The Last Flight of Dr Ain by James Tiptree Jr. and The Man Who Loved the Faioli by Roger Zelazny. Dust jacket art by Paul Lehr. Introduction by Harrison. x, 271 pp. Fine in very good dust jacket.
Published by Writers' Club of the College of Puget Sound, 1936
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. Green card covers, staple-bound. Tip of bottom corner of pages are scorched and lightly chipped (not affecting any text), else clean. Includes a handful of linoprint-type illustrations. 23, [1] pages. A scarce copy of Tide, the literary journal of the Writers' Club of the College of Puget Sound. This issue features a piece by Herbert Arntson (1911-1982), who went on to become an award-winning author of juvenile historical novels set in the pioneer milieu of Oregon and Washington. He served on the faculty of Washington State University, 1946-1974, where he was head of the creative writing program. (His papers are collected at the University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections). One of the longer prose pieces is a story titled, ''The Class Struggle in Yelm, Washington,'' by James Docherty. It's a quirky tale that centers on a sketchy communist barber and a pro-fascist editor of a local newspaper. This issue also includes a book review by Francis Galbraith, who became the U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 1966-1969, and Indonesia, 1969-1974. (The other brief book reviews cover Aldous Huxley and Charles Erskine Scott Wood). Dorothy Belle Harriss (m. Cairnes) contributes a poem. In January 1937, she became the first woman to serve as President of the University of Puget Sound Student Body. The cover was done by Maurita Shank (m. Runions), president of the C.P.S. Art Club.
Condition: VERY GOOD. Book club edition. An anthology containing stories selected by the authors themselves, each with a personal introduction by the author. SIGNED by George Clayton Johnson (in red, with a box around his signature) at his story 'All of Us Are Dying' Also includes Old Hundredth by Brian W. Aldiss; Et in Arcadia Ego by Thomas M. Disch; Ullward's Retreat by Jack Vance; The Forgotten Enemy by Arthur C. Clarke; The Fire and the Sword by Frank M. Robinson; Fair by John Brunner; Warrior by Gordon R. Dickson; But Soft What Light by Carol Emshwiller; The Misogynist by James Gunn; Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley; The Autumn Land by Clifford D. Simak; A Sense of Beauty by Robert Taylor; and The Last Flight of Dr Ain by James Tiptree Jr. and The Man Who Loved the Faioli by Roger Zelazny. Dust jacket art by Paul Lehr. Introduction by Harrison. x, 271 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by Rowman and Littlefield, Totowa, 1977
ISBN 10: 0874719038 ISBN 13: 9780874719031
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good-; with a Very Good- dust jacket. Foxing to end papers, flaps and page edges. Text is unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 185 pages.
Language: English
Published by New Departures, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 090268910X ISBN 13: 9780902689107
Seller: The Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Hockney, David; John Furnival; R.B. Kitaj (illustrator). First Edition. 64pp. A little handled.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 110 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.25 inches. In Stock.
Published by Pocket Books, N. Y., 1976
Seller: William L. Horsnell, Aylesford, NS, Canada
Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Printing. An uncreased spine with very light edge rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by :H.G.Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Gardner Dozois, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Jules Verne, Rudyard Kipling, Isaac Asimov, Richard Posner, Roger Elwood, Poul Anderson, Thomas N.Scortia, Anne McCaffrey, Nat Schachner, Laurence Yep, Tom Godwin, Howard Goldsmith, Philip Jose Farmer, J.F. Bone.
Published by Sphere, London, 1972
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Three for Tomorrow contains three novellas written specially for the volume on the following theme selected by Arthur C. Clarke: Â"with increasing technology goes increasing vulnerability: the more man conquers Nature, the more prone he becomes to artificial catastropheÂ". Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 190 pages. no Dust Jacket as published. White titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Short Stories; Novellas; Fiction. Inventory No: 4882. Member of the P.B.F.A.
Language: English
Published by John Wiley and Sons, London, Chapman and Hall, 1944., New York, 1944
Seller: Librería "Franz Kafka" México., Cuernavaca, MOR, Mexico
Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Aceptable. Gilman, Henry (Editor-in-Chief). Roger Adams, H. T. Clarke, J. B. Conant, C. F. H. Allen, C. S. Marvel, C. R. Noller, F. C. Whitmore. Organic syntheses. Collective Volume I. Being a revised editionof Annual Volumes I. IX. New York, John Wiley and Sons, London, Chapman and Hall, 1944. Características: Pasta dura en tela editorial en buen estado. 580 p. (24 x 16 cms.). Peso: 1490 grs. (2164 NVO).
Language: English
Published by Science Fiction Book Club, New York, 2000
ISBN 10: 0739410091 ISBN 13: 9780739410097
Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Berkey; (illustrator). First Edition. 916 pp. Both antholgies in a single volume, a book club First Edition. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; wraparound dj painting by John Berkey. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; no interior markings. This anthology contains: EXPLORERS: Preface; Vaster than Empires and More Slow - a novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin; Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty; In the Hall of the Martian Kings - a novella by John Varley; The Sentinel - 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke; Moonwalk - a novelette by H. B. Fyfe; Grandpa - a novelette by James H. Schmitz; The Red Hills of Summer - a novelette by Edgar Pangborn; The Longest Voyage - a novelette by Poul Anderson; Hot Planet by Hal Clement; Drunkboat - a novelette by Cordwainer Smith; Becalmed in Hell by Larry Niven; The Keys to December - a novelette by Roger Zelazny; A Meeting with Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke; The Man Who Walked Home by James Tiptree Jr; Long Shot by Vernor Vinge; Ginungagap - a novelette by Michael Swanwick; Exploring Fossil Canyon - a novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson; Promises to Keep - a novelette by Jack McDevitt; Lieserl by Stephen Baxter; Crossing Chao Meng Fu - a novelette by G. David Nordley; Wang's Carpets - a novelette by Greg Egan; A Dance to Strange Music - a novelette by Gregory Benford; and Approaching Permelasma - a novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis. THE FURTHEST HORIZON: Preface; Guyal of Sfere - a novella by Jack Vance; Old Hundredth by Brian W. Aldiss; Alpha Ralpha Boulevard - a novelette by Cornwainer Smith; Day Million by Frederik Pohl; Bumberboom - a novelette by Avram Davidson; Coranda - a novelette by Keith Roberts; Nightwings - a novella by Robert Silverberg; Pale Roses - a novelette by Michael Moorcock; Anniversary Project by Joe Haldeman; Slow Music - a novella by James Tiptree Jr; The Map by Gene Wolfe; Dinosaurs - a novelette by Walter Jon Williams; The Death Artist - a novelette by Alexander Jablokov; Sister Alice - a novella by Robert Reed; Recording Angel - a novelette by Paul J. McAuley; Genesis - a novella by Poul Anderson; and The Days of Solomon Gursky - a novella by Ian McDonald. Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by S & H Publications, Harrow, not dated early 70's,
Seller: tsbbooks, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Magazine, gay, very good condition, corner creases on wraps. 38 pages including covers. Printed on high quality glossy paper. 8" x 11" . Gay magazine illustrated with black/white photographs - including nude and semi-nude photography. Colour centrefold. Includes articles, stories. This issue - Pianos and Candelabra a look at Liberace. Pictures from Death in Venice , Trials at the Old Bailey by Rictor Norton . Photography by Mike Arlen and Colin Clarke.
Published by S & H Publications Harrow not dated early 70's
Seller: tsbbooks, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Magazine, gay, very good condition. BUT Central pages loose from staples [ pages 13 -24] 38 pages including covers. Printed on high quality glossy paper. 8" x 11" . Gay magazine illustrated with black/white photographs - including nude and semi-nude photography. Colour centrefold. Includes articles, stories. This issue - Male nudes in movies [part 2], Lindsay Kemp in Action. Mike Arlen and Colin Clarke photography.
Published by Sphere Books, 1972
Seller: H4o Books, Market Rasen, LINCS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Consists of: How it Was When the Past Went Away, Silverberg; The Eve of RUMOKO,Zelazny; We All Die Baked, Blish Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 190 pages. Item Type: Book. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's signature in ink. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ; . Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 030389.
Published by S and H Publications, Harrow, 1974
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Magazine. 32p., 7.75x10.5 inches, physique -style b&w nude male photos, poetry, fiction, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps with price-tag removal scar on cover. Report on Paul McCartney's Wings Tour. "Two gentlemen of Verona" review. Long article on gays on film including pictures from Joe Orton's plays "Loot" and "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" and more. Began as a digest size magazine co-edited by Ian Young.
Language: English
Published by Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007
ISBN 10: 1845421221 ISBN 13: 9781845421229
Seller: Basi6 International, Irving, TX, U.S.A.
Condition: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.
Published by Shasta-Phoenix, Orlando, Florida, 2009
Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Frank R. Paul; (illustrator). 1st Edition. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. Unread copy, illustrated mostly in colour by Frank R. Paul. The Contents are: Homage to Paul by Arthur C. Clarke; In Search of Frank R. Paul by Stephen D. Korshak; Frank R. Paul - Illustrator to Tomorrow's Visions by Roger Hill and Jerry Weist; Father of Science Fiction Illustrators by Gerry de la Ree; The Influence of an Iconic Image on Future Illustrators by Stephen D. Korshak; Frank R. Paul Remembered by Sam Moskowitz; Frank R. Paul: Selected Science Fiction Cover Gallery by Jerry Weist; Frank R. Paul - Original Art by Stephen D.Korshak and Jerry Weist; Afterword: A Brush with Genius by Forrest J. Ackerman; and Biblliography by Frank Wu. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Published by United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, 1957
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: poor. Fourth Printing [stated]. xxiv, [plate[, 266, [2] pages. Illustrations (contains List of Photographs and List of Line Drawings). Footnotes. Maps. Index. Endpaper map. Ink notation inside front cover. Includes Foreword by Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, United States Navy (Ret.), Introduction, Authors' Preface; Editors' Preface; Publisher's Note. Contains: Chapter 1: Sortie from Hashirajima; Chapter 2: Evolution of Japanese Naval Strategy; Chapter 3: Debate on Future Strategy; Chapter 4: Doolittle Ends Debate; Chapter 5: Midway Operation Plan; Chapter 6: Preparations for Battle; Chapter 7: Heading for Battle; Chapter 8: Gathering Storm; Chapter 9: The Nagumo Force Fights; Chapter 10: Admiral Yamamoto's Operations; Chapter 11: Finale: Chapter 12: Analysis of the Defeat; Appendix I: U.S. and Japanese Losses in the Battle of Midway; Appendix 2. Combined Fleet Task Organization, 5 June 1942, and Index. Mitsuo Fuchida (3 December 1902 - 30 May 1976) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber aviator in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Working under the overall fleet commander, Vice Admiral Ch ichi Nagumo, Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack. On 4 June 1942, Fuchida was wounded at the Battle of Midway. After Akagi was hit, a chain reaction from burning fuel and live bombs began the destruction of the ship. As Fuchida slid down a rope, an explosion threw him to the deck and broke both his ankles. Masatake Okumiya (July 27, 1909 - February 22, 2007) was a historian and lieutenant general in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Okumiya graduated from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1930 as a midshipman. He was commissioned an ensign in April 1932, received his wings in November 1933 as a naval aviator, and was promoted to sub-lieutenant in the same month. He entered the Naval Air Corps at mura, receiving promotion to lieutenant in December 1936. In 1937, he participated in the attack on the USS Panay. Promoted to lieutenant-commander in October 1941, Okumiya served throughout World War II, including on the aircraft carrier Ry j and with the 2nd Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. During 1942-1943, he served as chief of staff of the 26th Naval Air Squadron, and was appointed to a staff post in August 1944. He was promoted to his final rank of commander in November 1944. At the end of the war, Okumiya was interrogated by Allied intelligence officers, after which he was demobilized. Following the occupation of Japan, he joined the nascent Japan Air Self-Defense Force in 1954. He was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1963 and ended his career as commander of the ATC and Meteorological Group. He retired the following year. Okumiya wrote extensively on Japan's role in World War II. He co-wrote with Mitsuo Fuchida Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan; the Japanese Navy's Story, published 1955. His remark that "I am firmly convinced that the Pacific War was started by men who did not understand the sea, and fought by men who did not understand the air." is often quoted. This landmark study was first published in English by the Naval Institute in 1955. Widely acknowledged for its valuable Japanese insights into the battle that turned the tide of war in the Pacific, the book has made a great impact on American readers over the years. Two Japanese naval aviators who participated in the operation provide an unsparing analysis of what caused Japan's staggering defeat. Mitsuo Fuchida, who led the first air strike on Pearl Harbor, commanded the Akagi carrier air group and later made a study of the battle at the Japanese Naval War College. Masatake Okumiya, one of Japan's first dive-bomber pilots, was aboard the light carrier Ryujo and later served as a staff officer in a carrier division. Armed with knowledge of top-secret documents destroyed by the Japanese and access to p.
Language: English
Published by Shasta/Phoenix Publishers, Orlando, FL, 2009
ISBN 10: 0980093120 ISBN 13: 9780980093124
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. 144 pages, Folio. Includes slipcase. Jacket unclipped. Deluxe Edition: limited to 500 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 200 of 500. Signed by Stephen D. Korshak and Jerry Weist. Includes a definitive 16-page illustrated Biographical Index for the Science Fiction Artwork of Frank R. Paul at rear of volume. Edited with an introduction by Stephen D. Korshak. Preface by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, with a special contribution by Jerry Weist. Stated First Printing, May 2009. Profusely illustrated with color prints. Minor shelfwear to DJ: light rubbing along edges and covers. DJ in mylar. Small tear in middle of title page, two light stains on verso of title page and on the opposite half-title page. Otherwise, volume is tightly bound with clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. Signed by Author(s).