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THE GREEK VIEW OF LIFE by G. L. Dickenson and *SAHARA CONQUEST by R. St. Barbe Baker, — Box 543. DEATH BE NOT PROUD, Elizabeth Nicholas, — Box 545. THE END OF SOKARNO by John Hughes. — Clegg, 7 Grange Court, Grange Road, Eastbourne BN2 14HB. THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE by Elizabeth Jenkins. — Frank Singleton, Moor Platt, Chorley Old Road, Horwich, Bolton, Lancs, BL6 60B.

THE DAY THEY KILLED THE KING by Hugh Ross Williamson. — Box 546 or Tel. 01-353 6287.

PAPERBACKS: Trial of Oscar Wilde (Montgomery Hyde), Mere Christianity, Abolition of Man (C. S. Lewis), Aesthetic Adventure (Gaunt), Unpopular Opinions by Dorothy Sayers. — Box 528. PROUD ADVERSARY or any other book by Howard Mason. — H. Hardy, Wolfson College, Oxford OX2 6UD. THROUGH MY , TELESCOPE by W. T. Hay. — Seaton, Sandiford, Giggetty Lane, Wombourn, Staffs.

THE CHOSEN BABY. A small book for the adopted Child. — Firs, Anngrove, Mountmellick, Portiaoise, Eire, DOWN RAMPS by Lambton Sum (Carroll & Nicholson Ldn) '1947. — Fred Sutherland, c/o Mr & Mrs E. Hamilton, 319 Athlone Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Z 5M3.

MISSION TO TURKESTAN, Memoirs of Count K. K. Pahlen (1908. 1909). Translated by N. J. Courlss. Published by Oxford University Press. 1964. Miss J. Peck, Prehen House, Co. Londonderry, N.I. , NICHOLAS HILLIARD by Erna Auerbach. 1961 Routledge & Regan Paul), Box 536.

HARTS RULES FOR COMPOSITIONS AND READERS (Oxford). Box 537.

THE GOD MAN by C. B. Purdom (Allen & Unwin), one or more copies if possible, bulk purchase considered. Write C. Boon, 65 Gunvilie Road, Cavisbrook, Newport. Isle of Wight. P030 5LD.

EDWARD HEATH: A personal and political biography by George Hutchinson (Longman 1970). Box 538.

WITH THE 48TH DIVISION IN ITALY by Lt Col Barnett Skinners, 137 Old Bath Road, Cheltenham Glos.

ALMON LURIE — early books. Jell, 40 Deepfield Way, Coulsdon. Surrey. SCARAMOUCHE The Kingmaker by Sabatini. — Box 540.

THE WHISPERING LAND by Gerald Durrell. Two copies. Box No. 539.

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