Author Topic: The Book from Saburo Sakai  (Read 231 times)

Offline metronom

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The Book from Saburo Sakai
« on: October 08, 2000, 06:51:00 AM »
Hi Folks

I wanna buy his book "Samurai!" but can't find it anywhere.
If anyone from you guys wanna sell it or have an idea where to find it, i'll be happy to buy it.
Please e-mail me if there is anyone interested.
Thanks  

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Offline iculus

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« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2000, 08:36:00 AM »
Try an out of print book search on amazon.com

May take a week or two.

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Offline SKurj

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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2000, 09:10:00 AM »
Read that book myself several times in my youth, GREAT BOOK.
However lost my copy....


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Offline Vladd

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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2000, 11:29:00 AM »
Amazon.co.uk sold me a copy last week. Outstanding read!

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« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2000, 12:13:00 PM »
Do your best to get a reprint from thr '90s.  There were changes in it that fixed things in the original english translation that Sakai had not approved and didn't like.

I don't know if that is true for a German version or not (of course, I'm not sure you're looking for a German version either).

Great book.  It should be in every WWII aircraft buff's collection.

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Offline metronom

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« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2000, 12:22:00 PM »
No, where is no german issue.I wondered why...
Doesn't matter,i would read it on japanese with a vocabular if i need to.  

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Offline gatt

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« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2000, 12:43:00 PM »
Great book, from an outstanding fighter pilot. I have a signed copy  
"And one of the finest aircraft I ever flew was the Macchi C.205. Oh, beautiful. And here you had the perfect combination of italian styling and german engineering .... it really was a delight to fly ... and we did tests on it and were most impressed." - Captain Eric Brown

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« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2000, 02:15:00 PM »
I come across copies of this book from time to time.
If you don't find a copy, make a post, or contact me while online, with your email address, and I'll keep my eye out.  Usually it costs from $3.00 to $5.00 used, in decent shape.


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