Description: Offered by Over The Blue Horizon is yet another great vintage pictorial from the very well-regarded and long out-of-print MARU SPECIAL series: “IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY MINELAYERS”, Volume 42, August 1980. The MARU SPECIAL series was published for a number of years and each of the 135 volumes focused on a naval vessel, family of vessels, or campaign, most dealing with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The volumes offered a very popular combination of period photographs (some with rare detail), line drawings, and affordability. Although printed with Japanese text, and regardless of the difficulty of translation, they remain very popular with naval historians and advanced modelers, and these out-of-print gems are still frequently referenced. This particular MARU SPECIAL on IJN Minelayers features the following vessels: Okinoshima; Yaeyama; Tsugaru; Itsukushima; Mino; Katsuruki; Tokiwa; Shirataka; Hatsutaka; and the Wakataka. This 68-page, vintage classic has some great photographs of a class of IJN vessels that is frequently overlooked by history – just look at the accompanying scans and appreciate what is being offered. Condition is GOOD+ bordering on VERY GOOD with light shelf wear to the covers – otherwise, TIGHT, BRIGHT, and very CLEAN. Note that Over The Blue Horizon ships from the USA but regardless of where you are in the world, buy with absolute confidence from a very well-established eBay merchant with a sterling reputation. Note that Over the Blue Horizon ships from the USA with FREE United States Postal Service (USPS) First Class shipping to USA buyers! eBay charges sales tax for certain states; Over the Blue Horizon charges Hawaii residents state general excise tax. Your purchase will be carefully wrapped to ensure that it arrives in the same condition as described in the eBay listing. If you are not happy with your purchase for whatever reason, we will work something out -- your satisfaction is GUARANTEED. Regardless of where you are in the world, buy with confidence from a well-established eBay merchant with a sterling reputation and an exceptionally high customer satisfaction rate.
Price: 29.99 USD
Location: Kailua, Hawaii
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Book Title: Maru Special 42
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Topic: MINE WARFARE CRAFT MINELAYERS
Format: SOFTCOVER
Type: Illustrated Book
Author: Unknown
Publication Year: 1980
Language: Japanese
Publisher: MARU Publishing
Subjects: History & Military
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Series: MARU SPECIAL Series
Subject: IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY
