Tony> Gernot Hassenpflug wrote: >> >>>>> "Tony" == Tony writes: >> Tony> Thanks a lot, Gernot, I am a little confused by which one is Tony> the Maru Series you recommended, for example, I did a simple Tony> search on ebay and found so many:: >> Well, it's your fault for doing a simple search :-) The good >> books Tony> are >> compendia of the Maru series, hardcover, smaller than A4 in >> height Tony> but >> wider, with pale grey cover and dark blue lettering. Publisher >> is Kojinsha, and I recommend a search in Kinokuniya or Maruzen >> or some other large bookshop. They are in print, and I >> reccommend you not waste your monet on some crappy old original >> Marus with silly artificial colored slides and stuff like >> that. There are loads of idiots on Ebay flogging these things >> for ridiculous amounts when you can get three or four compiled >> into one for the same price, in hard cover to boot. >> >> Cheers, Gernot -- G Hassenpflug /* IJN & JMSDF */
Tony> got it. but those japanese online bookstore either has none Tony> in stock(like Kinokuniya), or charge ridiculous Tony> international shipping amount(like amazon.jp), or doesn't Tony> have online shopping at all(like Maruzen)...
I've corrected your top-posting!!
Look, a couple of things to do: one, do same search on say yahoo (Japan) auctions, or Rakuten auction website or other some such to see if 2nd hand comes up.
Else, let me know what you want, I'll check at one of the bookstores in Kyoto over the weekend, and tell you what the price is (same as on the web I guess). Books may be hard-cover, so shipping is not cheap, even via surface mail. Now if the govt would remove taxes on books....yeah right, as if.
PS My email is in the X-headers somewhere.
Cheers, Gernot