Tokyo Daikushu Hiroku Shashin-shu / Tokyo in Raiders' Ordeal

Tokyo: Ondori-sha, 1953. Very good. First softcover edition; 10 x 7; pp. [64]; stapled pictorial wraps; illustrated with numerous photographs; a few minor spots to margins and a bit of wear around staples and to edges; in good to very good condition. In Japanese.A poignant collection of photos, documenting the immediate impact and the aftermath of the WWII napalm raids of Tokyo by the US Army in March of 1945 - considered by many “the most devastating raids in the history of aerial warfare.” Included are images by photographers Koyo Ishikawa and Kyo Kageyama, as well as archival material from several newspapers.