Two question on shmup artbooks

[Elaphe]

First: I have not been able to find scans of the Ibara book (inside pages I mean) anywhere on the Internet. I don't want to have a full scan of the book, but just have an idea how it looks in case I decided to buy it: how many pages are in black or white (I've heard it contains a comic), and how many with full page coloured illustrations, how many pages devoted to drafts, etc. Any source for this, photos, videos, etc?

Second: I've found this doujinshi book in ebay. The information provided is not much. I don't even know how many pages it has. The photos show very nice black and white drafts. Actually they look as good as if they were made by the official illustrators. Would you recommend buying this book, considering its high price?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mushihimesama ... 0703877211

[rancor]

I did a translation of the first two chapters of the comic - you can find here:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=39661

I've got the book for sale on my site as well. No idea about the other book.

[Elaphe]

Thank you. Can you tell me how many pages of the book the comic part takes?

[rancor]

Thank you. Can you tell me how many pages of the book the comic part takes?

I don't have an open copy at the moment, but from what I remember more than 75% of the book is the manga. There is some art, but I don't think it's more than 20 pages.

[sven666]

Second: I've found this doujinshi book in ebay. The information provided is not much. I don't even know how many pages it has. The photos show very nice black and white drafts. Actually they look as good as if they were made by the official illustrators. Would you recommend buying this book, considering its high price?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mushihimesama ... 0703877211

you can buy that book (and a few others just like it) for less than half that price from yahoo.

http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n92193908

ed: i think there are 2 versions of the Ibara comic, one thats just a promotional leaflet (2-3 pages) and one thats the full comic (~20pages like rancor said).
theres also a pink sweets comic i think?, i have them all in a folder somewhere.. can check after work.. or check my list of guides/artbooks here on shmups.