----------------------------Original message---------------------------- * ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- * * Geonetters, Mapsfolk: * * I have just received a copy of Geological Atlas of Japan second edition, * for which I prepaid $568.56. It is a rolled up paperback of some 18 * leaves, which seems to total $31.59 per leaf. Has anybody else purchased/ * ordered this? I would highly recommend that you NOT. I will be happy * to lend it on interlibrary loan. I am SO furious. If anybody else HAS * received it, did you get the same thing I got? Or did I get some subset * of a larger hardbound title? I await in fury and with baited breath some * reply. * * Jim O'Donnell * Caltech Geology Library * Hello Jim, I purchased something that might be similar, but definitely a whole lots cheaper: 1:1,000,000 Geological Map of Japan - Geological Atlas of Japan (1982) - Second Printing (Copy), Geological Survey of Japan, 1987. That information is taken from the looseleaf gray-color cover. The item consists of 7 sheets for the map, and 3 sheets for the index/title page. Sheet size is 42x61cm and I paid $65.00 for it. I hope that you received only partial order of something bigger and better, although I am not aware of any large geological atlas of Japan. By the way, _World Mapping Today_ and also Geokatalog (thankfully the Japan section is now in english) do not list any large geological atlases other than the one I have. Aloha from Hawaii at 76deg high and wind-chill of 69deg, Ross Togashi University of Hawaii at Manoa Hamilton Library Map Collection