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Books Wanted

NICOLL'S BIRDS OF EGYPT (1930). Derek Barber, Stanley Pontlarge, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Glos GL54 5FfD.

PERSONS by R. Puccetti, published in 1971. Phone: R. Rees, 01 402 8487.

A RIDE TO KHIVA and 'On Horseback through Asia Minor', both by Colonel F. G. Bur- naby. M. B. Smith, 3 Field Battery, 47 Field Regiment R. A., BFPO 47.

FLANNELLED FOOL by T. C. Worsley. D. Buxton, Hoveton Hall, Norwich.

WORKING ORDERS by Michael Irwin urgently required. T. J. Evers, 4 Monkshill Cottages, Waterham, Faversham, Kent.

ROBSON LOWE Encyclopaedia of Postage Stamps, Vol IV (Australasia). A. J. M. Ander- son, 2 Barnsbury Terrace, London NI 1JH. GREECE — THE UNCLOUDED EYE by Colin Simpson (1969). Sam Mortimer, 44 Durban Road, Watford WDI 7DR.

PRINTS AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION by William M. Ivins Jnr, Da Cupa Press 1953 and M. 1. T. Press 1980. Also 'Evelyn's Sculptura' ed. by C. F. Bell, Oxford 1906. (interested in Original too). C. Peacock, 63 War- wick Rd, Banbury, Oxon. Tel: 0295 50566. MEDITATIONS ON HUNTING by Jose Ortegay Gasset. Condition and price to N.M. du Plessis, 94-10th Avenue, Bellville 7530 South A frica.

THE BEST OF BEACHCOMBER edited by R. lngrams. J. McConnell, St Lukes, 4 Cowper Gardens, Rathmines, Dublin 6.

NATALIA GINZBURG: English translations of 'Lessico Famigliare' (`Family Sayings'), 'Le Voci della Sera' (' Voices in the Evening') and 'Toni i nostri leri' (published in US as 'A Light for Fools' in UK as 'Our Dead Yesterdays'). John Mitchell, 15 Cleaver Square, London SE1 I 4DW.

DEAD SOULS by Gogol and 'The Unquiet Grave' by Cyril Connolly. J. Mannering, River House, River, Dover, Kent.

LOCAL HISTORIES or topographical works on Torquay/Torbay. Please write stating price to M.M. Deyes, 35 Coleherne Rd, London SW10 9BS.

THE BATTLE OF DUFFER'S DRIFT by Major-General Ernest Swinton. Any condition. John Langley, 57 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, E. Sussex.

BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY, preferably 1952 edition. John Pentney, 42 Higher Polsham Rd, Paignton, Devon.

BAR SINISTER — author unknown. Story of an orphaned bull terrier who becomes a cham- pion, and then discovers his mother was a lowly breed. W. Schomaker, 502 Park Ave, New York, N Y 10022.

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