The book, "Moonlight Interceptor: Japan's 'Irving' Night Fighter", is part of the Smithsonian Institutions series on Famous Aircraft owned by their museum.  The intent of this book is to cover the background and history of the "Irving" night fighter variant in a liberally illustrated format that also provides a detailed description of its restoration by the museum's skilled craftsmen.  The "Irving" night fighter also known in Japan as Gekko or moonlight, was  extremely effective against nocturnal American bombing attacks in the Pacific Theater during World War II.  Its effectiveness owed alot to its unique oblique-firing armament system and to the overall excellent performance of the aircraft.  The fact that it was only built in relatively small numbers meant that while a threat to Allied bombers, it is not one of the better known Japanese aircraft to come out of World War II.  This book is organized into the following 11 chapters: 1) Night Encounter; 2) Design Challenge; 3) The Prototype Struggles To Life; 4) Transitions; 5) Back To The Drawing Board; 6) The Night Fighter Is Born; 7) Success Over Rebaul; 8) Backs To The Wall; 9) The Curtain Falls; 10) Sole Survivor and 11) Restoring NASM's Irving.  The appendices include: 1) Cockpit Control Panel; 2) Structural Details; 3) Japanese AI Radar; 4) Nakajima JINI Specifications and Performance; 5) Flight Performance Data; 6) JNAF Designations For "Irving"; 7) Production Numbers And JINI Aircraft; 8) Configurations Of "Irving"; 9) Type 2 Land-Based Reconnaissance Aircraft And Gekko Units and 10) Representative JNAF Tail Codes Of JINI "Irvings".  This very comprehensive book includes approximately 77 black and white photographs, several color cockpit photographs and various line drawings.  This book is 112 pages and is in good condition with noticable wear on the front and back covers of the book.  The authors are Robert C. Mikesh and Osamu Tagaya.  Edition published in 1985.