Re: Correction: Alfonso books.


"mirror" <mailto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:qrb6r19dpn4lf3mn7c17e1vbsppke2ges4@xxxxxxxxxx 
Hello,

A few weeks ago I reported Anthony Alfonso's "Japanese Language
Pattern" books were available at the Bonjinsha Tokyo bookstore.

I reported two ISBNs for each book...
Volume 1
ISBN: 4-9006-4063-8 <==
ISBN: 4-9006-4061-1
Volume 2
ISBN: 4-9006-4077-8 <==
ISBN: 4-9006-4066-2

*I was wrong.*

I ordered the marked (<==) ISBNs. From Tokyo to Chicago they are
$131.34 in trade paper. They are ONLY the drills in the Alfonso
books, in kana and kanji. They are not the syntax expositions of
the main 1966 textbooks. There is no furigana for the drills.

Sophia University categorizes the unmarked ISBNs as "syntax" texts.
But the Bonjinsha bookstore describes both sets of ISBNs as the
same book. I am hunting down the reference -- exposition -- texts.

I am trying to get definitive info on the unmarked ISBNs. Meantime,
I would be thankful if anyone can give me a shortcut and tell me
whether those unmarked ISBNs are the classic grammar explanations
from Anthony Alfonso's 1966 reference.

There is a very nice facility on Wikipedia for looking up book ISBNs in various catalogues around the world. Just create a user page on Wikipedia, type in

ISBN XXXXXXXXXXX

and save the page, and then you'll be able to click on the ISBN numbers to access about a hundred different online library catalogues. The UK one is extremely good.


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