Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

295 c   (JAPAN.) Daitowa Senso Kaigun Bijutsu. 35 mounted offset color plates by various artists with captioned tissue overlays. Oblong folio, 11 1 / 2 x16 inches, original blue cloth portfolio with printed paper label on upper cover, light wear; mounts showing some age tone but plates are bright and clean. Japan, Showa 18 (1943) [700/1,000] A beautifully illustrated album of JapaneseWorldWar II propaganda images.The scenes endorsing the bravery of the Japanese navy are extremely dramatic: the attack on Pearl Harbor, various Indonesian engagements, the Japanese attack on Clark Air Field, the Japanese occupation of Singapore, a Japanese submarine attacking the U.S.S. Lexington, Japanese Zeroes on the offensive, and a scene of captured Allied men are only a few. Perhaps the most revealing is a chilling fantasy illustration appearing at the end picturing Japanese navy bombers in formation over NewYork City.