Mountaineering Maps of the World, Volume 1, Himalaya, 1977, 329 pages. Price: 19,000 yen; Volume 2, Karakoram-Hindu Kush, 1978, 350 pages. Price 21,000 yen. Editor, Koji Echigo. Tokyo: Gakushu Kenkyu-sha. Publisher, Hiroshi Watanabe. Illustrated.

These two large books (10 × 15½ inches) present the student of Himalayan, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountaineering the only easily procured (though expensive) set of maps of nearly all these ranges. The names on the maps are printed in English. Altitudes are in meters. The maps seem to the reviewer to be accurate, being based on maps of the Survey of India and on expedition reports. The Japanese text on individual mountains is of course less useful to one not familiar with that language. There is, however, in addition to the maps, a treasure trove of well reproduced photographs, mostly in color and generally with English captions. These are two books to which I frequently refer.

H.A.C.