The book, Supermarine Spitfire: Special Issue Wide Colour, is a Japanese language aviation publication with only limited English text.  That said, "Supermarine Spitfire: Special Issue Wide Colour" includes an incredible amount of visual information about all the major variants of the Supermarine Spitfire and Seafire fighter aircraft flown in World War II and the years immediately following the war.  This book begins with a Spitfire Colour File including 45 color side aircraft profile illustrations.  The next section titled Spitfire in Museum includes 5 to 6 color photographs for each of the following four Spitfires in museums around the world: 1) Mk, I s/n X4590 RAF Museum / Hendon; 2) Mk. I s/n R6915 Imperial War Museum / London; 3) Mk. VII s/n EN474 NASM / Washington D. C. and 4) F.R. Mk. XIVe s/n MT 847 Aerospace Museum / Cosford.  Next up, is a three-page detailed illustration of Supermarine Spitfire F. Mk. XIV s/n RN133 No. 132 Squadron as flown by Squadron Leader K.L. Charnet (D.F.C. Bar) Feb. 1946, Kai-Tak AB / Hong Kong.  Perhaps the most interesting feature of this book is the wide array of black & white photographs and 1/72 scale black and white line drawings for the following Supermarine Spitfire variants: 1) Supermarine Type 224 "Spitfire"; 2) Type 300 Spitfire Prototype s/n K5054; 3) Mk. early production A.C. (until 74th A.C.); 4) Mk. 1 Standard Production A.C.; 5) Mk. Ib; 6) High-Speed Spitfire; 7) P.R. Mk. IV "Type D"; 8) PR. Mk. VI "Type F"; 9) Mk. IIa; 10) Mk. IIb; 11) Mk. III s/n N 3297 Original Form; 12) Mk. (XXI) Original Form; 13) Supermarine's Proposed Redesigned "Griffon Spitfire" with 6x20 mm Cannon; 14) Mk. Va; 15) Mk. Vb; 16) Mk. Vb / Trop with Aboukir filter; 17) Mk. Vc / Trop with Vorks Multivee Filter; 18) Mk. Vb Floatplane; 19) Mk. VI; 20) Mk. VII Standard Production A.C.; 21) Mk. VIII; 22) Supermarine Type 502 Two-seat Trainer; 23) Mk. IX c; 24) L.F. Mk. IX e; 25) Mk. IXb Floatplane; 26) Supermarine Type 509 Two-seat Trainer; 27) P.R. Mk. X; 28) P.R. Mk. XI; 29) Mk. XII Production A.C.; 30) P.R. Mk. XIII; 31) F. Mk. XIV; 32) F.R. Mk. XIV e; 33) L.F. Mk. XVI e; 34) F.R. Mk. XVIII e; 35) P.R. Mk. XIX; 36) F. Mk. 21; 37) F. MR. 22 & 24; 38) F. Mk. 23 Provisional Form; 39) Seafire Mk. Ib / Trop; 40) Seafire Mk. II c; 41) Seafire L.F. Mk. III; 42) Seafire Mk. XV with "A" Frame Hook; 43) Seafire Mk. XVII with Sting Hook; 44) Seafire Mk. 45; Seafire F.R. Mk. 46 with Griffon 85 engine & Roto Contra-Prop and 46) Seafire F.R. Mk. 47.  Following the above listed aircraft illustrations is a section that includes 59 different black and white aircraft section drawings focusing in on the cockpit, fuselage, engine, landing gear, rudder, elevators & tail and wings.  Another feature is a large 1/48 scale drawing of a Supermarine Spitfire Mk. V b. which is followed by a section containing 5 black and white Supermarine Spitfires showing national insignias.  "Supermarine Spitfire: Special Issue Wide Colour" concludes with a 2 page table that contains the following information: 1) Squadron; 2) Squadron Code; 3) Equipment Term; 4) Mark and 5) Combat Area.  Within the sections and aircraft noted above are the following: 1) Approximately 249 photographs; 2) 4 black and white illustrations and 3) About 26 color illustrations.  This book is 186 pages and is in excellent condition.  While no author is identified in English, all museum photos were provided by S. Nohar.  Edition published in 1992.